Tarn Hows
Good to know
- Best time to go
- September to October for autumn; May to August for general visits
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
An artificial tarn created in the nineteenth century by damming several small natural pools, Tarn Hows is one of the most visited sites in the Lake District National Park. The surrounding landscape of mixed woodland and open fell was deliberately designed as a picturesque composition, and it remains effective — particularly in autumn when larch and birch turn gold. A level path of roughly two kilometres circuits the tarn, making it one of the more accessible fell walks.
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