Blea Tarn, Eskdale Green

Name: Blea Tarn
Address: Eskdale Green, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Eskdale Green

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Blea Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England, located about half a mile north of Beckfoot. Located at an elevation of 217 m, the lake has an area of 3.3 hectares and measures 277 m × 150 m, with a maximum depth of 11 m. ()

Length: 909 ftWidth: 492 ftMaximum depth: 36 ftElevation: 856 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°23'59"N, 3°17'0"W

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Day trips

Blea Tarn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wast Water, Hardknott Roman Fort, St Catherine's Church, Giggle Alley.

2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wast Water
75 min walk • Wast Water is a spectacular and serene lake nestled in the remote western reaches of the Lake District National Park in the United Kingdom. With its dramatic and rugged beauty, Wast Water holds the title of the deepest lake in England, plunging to depths of nearly 260...
3.1 miE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Hardknott Roman Fort, Eskdale Green
81 min walk • Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass in the English county of Cumbria.
0.8 miSE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Catherine's Church, Eskdale Green
20 min walk • St Catherine's Church is in the village of Boot, Cumbria, England. It is the Anglican parish church of Eskdale, Cumbria, and is in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of Irton, St Paul, Muncaster, St Michael, and St John, Waberthwaite.
1.8 miW
Park
Giggle Alley, Eskdale Green
46 min walk • Giggle Alley is a woodland in Eskdale Green, Cumbria, England. It was formerly part of the Gate House estate. The wood includes the ruins of a Japanese garden, created in 1914 as part of the estate. It was laid out by the team of Thomas Hayton Mawson.
2.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Burnmoor Tarn
57 min walk • Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is one of the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.
2.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Devoke Water, Eskdale Green
70 min walk • Devoke Water is a small lake in the mid-west region of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is the largest tarn in the Lake District.
2.3 miN
Hill
Illgill Head, Eskdale Green
59 min walk • Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
4.9 miSE
Church
Holy Trinity
126 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Seathwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of four other local parishes.
3.9 miN
Hill
Middle Fell, Eskdale Green
99 min walk • Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater.
2.7 miSE
Hill
Green Crag, Eskdale Green
69 min walk • Green Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Eskdale and the Duddon valley in the Southern Fells.
3.6 miNW
Hill
Buckbarrow, Eskdale Green
93 min walk • Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m.

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How to get to Blea Tarn by public transport?

The nearest stations to Blea Tarn:

Train

Dalegarth for Boot (12 min walk)
Beckfoot (13 min walk)