Moss Eccles Tarn

#3193 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Moss Eccles Tarn is a tarn on Claife Heights, near Near Sawrey in the Lake District, Cumbria. It is currently owned by the National Trust and known as an attractive tarn for fishing and walking. It is known for its association with Beatrix Potter – she owned the tarn and donated it to the National Trust after her death, and it served as inspiration for some of her stories. ()

Elevation: 564 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°21'47"N, 2°58'7"W

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Moss Eccles Tarn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Windermere, Hill Top, Esthwaite Water, Beatrix Potter Gallery.

0.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Windermere
24 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Windermere stands as the largest natural lake in England. This ribbon lake was formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Today, it is a centerpiece of the region...
0.8 miS
Museum, History museum
Hill Top, Hawkshead
20 min walk • Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.
0.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Esthwaite Water, Hawkshead
19 min walk • Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in northern England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water, in the traditional county of Lancashire; since 1974 in the county of Cumbria.
1.5 miNW
Orignal drawings by children's author
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead
38 min walk • The Beatrix Potter Gallery is a gallery run by the National Trust and in a 17th-century stone-built house in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is dedicated to presenting original book illustrations by Beatrix Potter.
1.4 miNW
Historical place, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
37 min walk • St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
1.4 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Hawkshead Grammar School, Hawkshead
35 min walk • Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, of York, who petitioned a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to set up a governing body.
1.4 miNW
Museum
Hawkshead Grammar School Museum, Hawkshead
36 min walk • The museum operates in the old Hawkshead Grammar School building from April through to October. It gives a guided tour of the school room which brings the school to life.
1.3 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Windermere Way
34 min walk • The Windermere Way is a 45-mile circuit of Windermere, a lake in the English Lake District. The route is wholly within the Lake District National Park and takes in the summits of Wansfell, Loughrigg Fell and Gummer's How as well as passing through the towns of Ambleside and Windermere.
0.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Claife Heights, Ambleside
20 min walk • Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England. It has a topographic prominence of 177 metres so is classified as a Marilyn. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.