Blelham Tarn

#1231 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Blelham Tarn is a large valley tarn in the Lake District of England, to the north of the hill Latterbarrow. The settlements of Outgate, Low Wray and High Wray are close by. The tarn is drained to the northeast by the short Blelham Beck into Windermere. This beck was previously straightened and lowered. Fish species in the tarn include brown trout, eel, perch, pike and roach, much of the tarn shore is reedbed and waterfowl present can include great crested grebe, whooper swan and golden-eye. ()

Length: 2165 ftWidth: 843 ftMaximum depth: 48 ftElevation: 144 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°23'45"N, 2°58'41"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Brockhole, Galava, Esthwaite Water, Yew Tree Tarn.

1.4 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Visitor center
Brockhole, Windermere
37 min walk • The Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre, also known as the Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre, is a visitor centre and tourist attraction managed by the Lake District National Park Authority. It is situated on the shore of Lake Windermere, roughly equidistant between the towns of Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside.
1.9 miN
Archaeological site
Galava, Ambleside
48 min walk • Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as Galava, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.
2.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Esthwaite Water, Hawkshead
65 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.
2.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Yew Tree Tarn, Elterwater
70 min walk • Yew Tree Tarn is a small lake in the English Lake District situated in between the towns of Ambleside and Coniston. The tarn was formed when the local landowner dammed the Yewdale Beck in the 1930s and stocked the lake with trout.
2.4 miN
54°25'47"N • 2°57'45"W
Ambleside Climbing Wall, Ambleside
63 min walk • Sport complex, Climbing
1.7 miSW
Orignal drawings by children's author
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead
43 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.
0.8 miNE
History museum, Historical place, Gothic Revival architecture
Wray Castle, Ambleside
22 min walk • Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in the English county of Cumbria. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929, but the house has only recently opened to the public on a regular basis.
1.7 miSW
Historical place, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
45 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.
1.8 miNE
Park
Stagshaw Garden, Ambleside
45 min walk • Stagshaw Garden is a woodland garden situated south of Ambleside, in Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The garden is noted for its shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.
2.5 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Ambleside
63 min walk • St Mary's Church is in Ambleside, Cumbria, England. It was built in the 1850s to a design by George Gilbert Scott in Gothic Revival style. The building is Grade II* listed. Notable features include its stone spire, which is a local landmark and an unusual feature in Lake District churches.
1.8 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Hawkshead Grammar School, Hawkshead
45 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.