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List of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire

April 23, 2024

This is a list of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire, England. Unlike the nearby Lake District, North Yorkshire does not have many natural lakes due to the porosity of the limestone underneath the surface.[1][2] The JNCC Special Area of Conservation status for the Craven Limestone Complex lists running and standing Water at only 1%.[3] Upland tarns are common where the underlying stone allows the water to collect. These tarns are usually surrounded by peat, so most have relatively acidic water in comparison to the alkaline nature of water which runs over Limestone common in the area.[4]

Summer Lodge Tarn

Man-made reservoirs and dams, such as at Moss Dam in Swaledale, are not included, as the list focuses only on natural lakes and tarns.[5] The list only covers those within Yorkshire, and sites such as Sunbiggin Tarn, whilst in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, are not included, as that body of water is in the county of Cumbria. Some tarns or lakes may no longer exist; historical documents refer to Giggleswick and Wigglesworth as having tarns - however, these have either dried up or have been drained.[6]

List edit

List of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire
Name Location Coordinates Height AMSL Volume Notes Ref
Birkdale Tarn Keld 54°24′40″N 2°13′44″W / 54.411°N 2.229°W / 54.411; -2.229 1,598 feet (487 m) 11,900,000 cubic feet (336,000 m3) [7][8]
Birks Tarn Birks Fell 54°10′44″N 2°07′12″W / 54.179°N 2.120°W / 54.179; -2.120 1,959 feet (597 m) 2,960,400 cubic feet (83,828 m3) In the 1890s, Birks Tarn was described as being "two sheets of water", but would become one big body of water in heavy rains. [9][10]
Cotter End Tarn Cotterdale 54°20′17″N 2°16′48″W / 54.338°N 2.280°W / 54.338; -2.280 1,696 feet (517 m) [11]
Cray Tarn Oughtershaw 54°13′34″N 2°07′16″W / 54.226°N 2.121°W / 54.226; -2.121 1,962 feet (598 m) [12]
Eshton Tarn Bell Busk 54°00′52″N 2°07′37″W / 54.0145°N 2.127°W / 54.0145; -2.127 472 feet (144 m) 1,519,100 cubic feet (43,015 m3) [13]
Fleet Moss Tarn Fleet Moss 54°14′49″N 2°11′38″W / 54.247°N 2.194°W / 54.247; -2.194 1,896 feet (578 m) [14]
Fountains Fell Tarn Fountains Fell 54°08′13″N 2°12′07″W / 54.137°N 2.202°W / 54.137; -2.202 2,116 feet (645 m) 3,000,000 cubic feet (86,000 m3) [15]
Gallaber Pond (Flash) Hellifield 54°00′40″N 2°14′17″W / 54.011°N 2.238°W / 54.011; -2.238 490 feet (150 m) The flash lake is sandwiched between the A65 road and the railway line north of Hellifield railway station. It does not appear on mapping from the early 1900s and is listed as a flash lake. [16]
Gormire Lake Sutton Bank 54°14′31″N 1°13′44″W / 54.242°N 1.229°W / 54.242; -1.229 509 feet (155 m) 5,500,000 cubic feet (155,000 m3) Gormire has no major inflow, or outflow of water, and is thought to be fed by natural springs. [17][18][19]
Greensett Moss Ribblehead 54°14′02″N 2°23′42″W / 54.234°N 2.395°W / 54.234; -2.395 584 metres (1,916 ft) 48,836 cubic metres (1,724,600 cu ft) [20][21]
Hunters Hole Oughtershaw 54°13′37″N 2°07′55″W / 54.227°N 2.132°W / 54.227; -2.132 2,057 feet (627 m) [22]
Locker Tarn Carperby 54°19′12″N 1°59′49″W / 54.320°N 1.997°W / 54.320; -1.997 1,086 feet (331 m) 2,509,900 cubic feet (71,073 m3) [23][8]
Malham Tarn Malhamdale 54°05′49″N 2°09′47″W / 54.097°N 2.163°W / 54.097; -2.163 1,230 feet (375 m) 55,066,300 cubic feet (1,559,303 m3) [24]
Middle Tongue Tarn Oughtershaw 54°13′59″N 2°08′31″W / 54.233°N 2.142°W / 54.233; -2.142 2,047 feet (624 m) The name derives from the fact that its straddles "the tongue [of land] of two valleys" [25][26][27]
Newhouses Tarn Horton-in-Ribblesdale 54°10′08″N 2°18′29″W / 54.169°N 2.308°W / 54.169; -2.308 814 feet (248 m) 2,340,000 cubic feet (66,261 m3) Adjacent to the River Ribble. Listed on the lakes portal as "Unnamed Water Body ID 29701" and on OS Mapping as The Tarn. One book source from 1921 describes a tarn "1.5 miles (2.4 km)" north of Horton-in-Ribblesdale as "Newhouses Tarn", named after the nearest hamlet. [28][29]
Oughtershaw Tarn Oughtershaw 54°14′02″N 2°10′52″W / 54.234°N 2.181°W / 54.234; -2.181 1,824 feet (556 m) [30]
Priest's Tarn Grassington 54°07′16″N 1°57′32″W / 54.121°N 1.959°W / 54.121; -1.959 1,691 feet (515.5 m) [31][32]
Scarborough Mere Scarborough 54°15′40″N 0°24′43″W / 54.261°N 0.412°W / 54.261; -0.412 141 feet (43 m) 9,895,300 cubic feet (280,205 m3) [33]
Semerwater Countersett 54°16′48″N 2°07′26″W / 54.280°N 2.124°W / 54.280; -2.124 807 feet (246 m) 35,327,800 cubic feet (1,000,372 m3) [34]
Slatepit Moss Ravenseat Moor 54°26′17″N 2°13′16″W / 54.438°N 2.221°W / 54.438; -2.221 1,877 feet (572 m) [35]
South Grain Tarn Oughtershaw 54°13′52″N 2°06′47″W / 54.231°N 2.113°W / 54.231; -2.113 1,926 feet (587 m) [36]
Summer Lodge Tarn Crackpot 54°21′00″N 2°04′41″W / 54.350°N 2.078°W / 54.350; -2.078 1,722 feet (525 m) 4,229,000 cubic feet (119,760 m3) [37][38][8]
Whitaside Tarn Crackpot 54°21′04″N 2°02′10″W / 54.351°N 2.036°W / 54.351; -2.036 1,732 feet (528 m) [39]
Widdale Little Tarn[note 1] Widdale Fell 54°17′17″N 2°19′05″W / 54.288°N 2.318°W / 54.288; -2.318 2,090 feet (637 m) [41][42]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The county boundary between North Yorkshire and Cumbria runs through the middle of this tarn. Great Widdale Tarn, which is adjacent, is completely within Cumbria. Before the boundary changes of 1974, both tarns were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[40]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lakes and tarns". Yorkshire Dales National Park. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Freshwater". Yorkshire Dales National Park. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Craven Limestone Complex - Special Areas of Conservation". sac.jncc.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ Gilbert, Oliver; Goldie, Helen; Hodgson, David; Marker, Margaret; Pentecost, Allan; Proctor, Michael; Richardson, Douglas (2006). The ecology of Cowside Beck : a tributary of the river Skirfare in the Malham area of Yorkshire. Settle: FSC. p. 32. ISBN 1851532188.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Moss Dam (1015856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ Speight 1892, pp. 70, 376.
  7. ^ "Birkdale Tarn Water Body ID 29250". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Gribble 1962, p. 65.
  9. ^ "BIRKS TARN, CRAVEN (BD23 5JD)". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Birks Tarn Water Body ID 29665". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Cotter End Tarn Water Body ID 29396". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Cray Tarn Water Body ID 29576". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Eshton Tarn Water Body ID 30020". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Fleet Moss Tarn Water Body ID 29540". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  15. ^ Woof, C; Jackson, E (1988). "Some aspects of the water chemistry in the area around Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire". Fields Studies Journal. 7 (1). Shrewsbury: FSC: 161. ISSN 0428-304X.
  16. ^ Mason, Viv (25 September 2020). "Dismay as Hellifield flashes legal report favours developer". Craven Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Gormire Lake". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  18. ^ Newton, Grace (24 July 2019). "Gormire Lake: The Yorkshire lake shrouded in myths and mystery". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Gormire Lake". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Unnamed Water Body ID 29558". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Greensett Moss". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Hunters Hole Water Body ID 29575". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Locker Tarn Water Body ID 29429". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Malham Tarn Water Body ID 29844". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Middle Tongue Tarn Water Body ID 29572". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Middle Tongue Tarn, Craven". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  27. ^ "Middle Tongue :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  28. ^ "Unnamed Water Body ID 29701". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  29. ^ Hobson, Bernard (1921). The West Riding of Yorkshire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 22. OCLC 187101920.
  30. ^ "Oughtershaw Tarn Water Body ID 29561". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  31. ^ "Priest's Tarn, Craven". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  32. ^ "Priests Tarn Water Body ID 29804". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  33. ^ "The Mere Water Body ID 29493". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  34. ^ "Semer Water Water Body ID 29479". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  35. ^ "Slatepit Moss Water Body ID 29214". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  36. ^ "South Grain Tarn Water Body ID 29568". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  37. ^ "Summer Lodge Tarn Water Body ID 29379". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  38. ^ "Summer Lodge Tarn". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  39. ^ "Whitaside Tarn Water Body ID 29378". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  40. ^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 100. ISBN 9781840337532.
  41. ^ Lennie 2005, p. 74.
  42. ^ "Widdale Little Tarn Water Body ID 29473". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

Sources edit

  • Gribble, F. C. (March 1962). "Census of Black-headed Gull colonies in England and Wales, 1958". Bird Study. 9 (1). doi:10.1080/00063656209476012.
  • Lennie, Stuart (2005). The roof of Wensleydale : a portrait of Wensleydale's two thousand foot fells. Kirkby Stephen: Hayloft. ISBN 1-904524-30-3.
  • Speight, Harry (1892). The Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands. London: E Stock. OCLC 7219082.
 
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This is a list of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire England Unlike the nearby Lake District North Yorkshire does not have many natural lakes due to the porosity of the limestone underneath the surface 1 2 The JNCC Special Area of Conservation status for the Craven Limestone Complex lists running and standing Water at only 1 3 Upland tarns are common where the underlying stone allows the water to collect These tarns are usually surrounded by peat so most have relatively acidic water in comparison to the alkaline nature of water which runs over Limestone common in the area 4 Summer Lodge Tarn Man made reservoirs and dams such as at Moss Dam in Swaledale are not included as the list focuses only on natural lakes and tarns 5 The list only covers those within Yorkshire and sites such as Sunbiggin Tarn whilst in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are not included as that body of water is in the county of Cumbria Some tarns or lakes may no longer exist historical documents refer to Giggleswick and Wigglesworth as having tarns however these have either dried up or have been drained 6 Contents 1 List 2 Notes 3 References 3 1 SourcesList editList of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire Name Location Coordinates Height AMSL Volume Notes Ref Birkdale Tarn Keld 54 24 40 N 2 13 44 W 54 411 N 2 229 W 54 411 2 229 1 598 feet 487 m 11 900 000 cubic feet 336 000 m3 7 8 Birks Tarn Birks Fell 54 10 44 N 2 07 12 W 54 179 N 2 120 W 54 179 2 120 1 959 feet 597 m 2 960 400 cubic feet 83 828 m3 In the 1890s Birks Tarn was described as being two sheets of water but would become one big body of water in heavy rains 9 10 Cotter End Tarn Cotterdale 54 20 17 N 2 16 48 W 54 338 N 2 280 W 54 338 2 280 1 696 feet 517 m 11 Cray Tarn Oughtershaw 54 13 34 N 2 07 16 W 54 226 N 2 121 W 54 226 2 121 1 962 feet 598 m 12 Eshton Tarn Bell Busk 54 00 52 N 2 07 37 W 54 0145 N 2 127 W 54 0145 2 127 472 feet 144 m 1 519 100 cubic feet 43 015 m3 13 Fleet Moss Tarn Fleet Moss 54 14 49 N 2 11 38 W 54 247 N 2 194 W 54 247 2 194 1 896 feet 578 m 14 Fountains Fell Tarn Fountains Fell 54 08 13 N 2 12 07 W 54 137 N 2 202 W 54 137 2 202 2 116 feet 645 m 3 000 000 cubic feet 86 000 m3 15 Gallaber Pond Flash Hellifield 54 00 40 N 2 14 17 W 54 011 N 2 238 W 54 011 2 238 490 feet 150 m The flash lake is sandwiched between the A65 road and the railway line north of Hellifield railway station It does not appear on mapping from the early 1900s and is listed as a flash lake 16 Gormire Lake Sutton Bank 54 14 31 N 1 13 44 W 54 242 N 1 229 W 54 242 1 229 509 feet 155 m 5 500 000 cubic feet 155 000 m3 Gormire has no major inflow or outflow of water and is thought to be fed by natural springs 17 18 19 Greensett Moss Ribblehead 54 14 02 N 2 23 42 W 54 234 N 2 395 W 54 234 2 395 584 metres 1 916 ft 48 836 cubic metres 1 724 600 cu ft 20 21 Hunters Hole Oughtershaw 54 13 37 N 2 07 55 W 54 227 N 2 132 W 54 227 2 132 2 057 feet 627 m 22 Locker Tarn Carperby 54 19 12 N 1 59 49 W 54 320 N 1 997 W 54 320 1 997 1 086 feet 331 m 2 509 900 cubic feet 71 073 m3 23 8 Malham Tarn Malhamdale 54 05 49 N 2 09 47 W 54 097 N 2 163 W 54 097 2 163 1 230 feet 375 m 55 066 300 cubic feet 1 559 303 m3 24 Middle Tongue Tarn Oughtershaw 54 13 59 N 2 08 31 W 54 233 N 2 142 W 54 233 2 142 2 047 feet 624 m The name derives from the fact that its straddles the tongue of land of two valleys 25 26 27 Newhouses Tarn Horton in Ribblesdale 54 10 08 N 2 18 29 W 54 169 N 2 308 W 54 169 2 308 814 feet 248 m 2 340 000 cubic feet 66 261 m3 Adjacent to the River Ribble Listed on the lakes portal as Unnamed Water Body ID 29701 and on OS Mapping as The Tarn One book source from 1921 describes a tarn 1 5 miles 2 4 km north of Horton in Ribblesdale as Newhouses Tarn named after the nearest hamlet 28 29 Oughtershaw Tarn Oughtershaw 54 14 02 N 2 10 52 W 54 234 N 2 181 W 54 234 2 181 1 824 feet 556 m 30 Priest s Tarn Grassington 54 07 16 N 1 57 32 W 54 121 N 1 959 W 54 121 1 959 1 691 feet 515 5 m 31 32 Scarborough Mere Scarborough 54 15 40 N 0 24 43 W 54 261 N 0 412 W 54 261 0 412 141 feet 43 m 9 895 300 cubic feet 280 205 m3 33 Semerwater Countersett 54 16 48 N 2 07 26 W 54 280 N 2 124 W 54 280 2 124 807 feet 246 m 35 327 800 cubic feet 1 000 372 m3 34 Slatepit Moss Ravenseat Moor 54 26 17 N 2 13 16 W 54 438 N 2 221 W 54 438 2 221 1 877 feet 572 m 35 South Grain Tarn Oughtershaw 54 13 52 N 2 06 47 W 54 231 N 2 113 W 54 231 2 113 1 926 feet 587 m 36 Summer Lodge Tarn Crackpot 54 21 00 N 2 04 41 W 54 350 N 2 078 W 54 350 2 078 1 722 feet 525 m 4 229 000 cubic feet 119 760 m3 37 38 8 Whitaside Tarn Crackpot 54 21 04 N 2 02 10 W 54 351 N 2 036 W 54 351 2 036 1 732 feet 528 m 39 Widdale Little Tarn note 1 Widdale Fell 54 17 17 N 2 19 05 W 54 288 N 2 318 W 54 288 2 318 2 090 feet 637 m 41 42 Notes edit The county boundary between North Yorkshire and Cumbria runs through the middle of this tarn Great Widdale Tarn which is adjacent is completely within Cumbria Before the boundary changes of 1974 both tarns were in the West Riding of Yorkshire 40 References edit Lakes and tarns Yorkshire Dales National Park Retrieved 29 May 2021 Freshwater Yorkshire Dales National Park Retrieved 29 May 2021 Craven Limestone Complex Special Areas of Conservation sac jncc gov uk Retrieved 29 May 2021 Gilbert Oliver Goldie Helen Hodgson David Marker Margaret Pentecost Allan Proctor Michael Richardson Douglas 2006 The ecology of Cowside Beck a tributary of the river Skirfare in the Malham area of Yorkshire Settle FSC p 32 ISBN 1851532188 Historic England Moss Dam 1015856 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 29 May 2021 Speight 1892 pp 70 376 Birkdale Tarn Water Body ID 29250 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 29 May 2021 a b c Gribble 1962 p 65 BIRKS TARN CRAVEN BD23 5JD getoutside ordnancesurvey co uk Retrieved 2 June 2021 Birks Tarn Water Body ID 29665 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Cotter End Tarn Water Body ID 29396 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 29 May 2021 Cray Tarn Water Body ID 29576 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 4 June 2021 Eshton Tarn Water Body ID 30020 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 4 June 2021 Fleet Moss Tarn Water Body ID 29540 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 29 May 2021 Woof C Jackson E 1988 Some aspects of the water chemistry in the area around Malham Tarn North Yorkshire Fields Studies Journal 7 1 Shrewsbury FSC 161 ISSN 0428 304X Mason Viv 25 September 2020 Dismay as Hellifield flashes legal report favours developer Craven Herald Retrieved 14 December 2021 Gormire Lake environment data gov uk Retrieved 7 June 2021 Newton Grace 24 July 2019 Gormire Lake The Yorkshire lake shrouded in myths and mystery The Yorkshire Post Retrieved 7 June 2021 Gormire Lake eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 7 June 2021 Unnamed Water Body ID 29558 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 10 April 2022 Greensett Moss OS GetOutside Retrieved 10 April 2022 Hunters Hole Water Body ID 29575 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 4 June 2021 Locker Tarn Water Body ID 29429 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Malham Tarn Water Body ID 29844 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Middle Tongue Tarn Water Body ID 29572 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Middle Tongue Tarn Craven getoutside ordnancesurvey co uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Middle Tongue Survey of English Place Names epns nottingham ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Unnamed Water Body ID 29701 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 29 May 2021 Hobson Bernard 1921 The West Riding of Yorkshire Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 22 OCLC 187101920 Oughtershaw Tarn Water Body ID 29561 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Priest s Tarn Craven getoutside ordnancesurvey co uk Retrieved 8 July 2022 Priests Tarn Water Body ID 29804 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 8 July 2022 The Mere Water Body ID 29493 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Semer Water Water Body ID 29479 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Slatepit Moss Water Body ID 29214 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 South Grain Tarn Water Body ID 29568 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Summer Lodge Tarn Water Body ID 29379 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Summer Lodge Tarn getoutside ordnancesurvey co uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Whitaside Tarn Water Body ID 29378 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Chrystal Paul 2017 The Place Names of Yorkshire Cities Towns Villages Rivers and Dales some Pubs too in Praise of Yorkshire Ales 1 ed Catrine Stenlake p 100 ISBN 9781840337532 Lennie 2005 p 74 Widdale Little Tarn Water Body ID 29473 eip ceh ac uk Retrieved 14 December 2021 Sources edit Gribble F C March 1962 Census of Black headed Gull colonies in England and Wales 1958 Bird Study 9 1 doi 10 1080 00063656209476012 Lennie Stuart 2005 The roof of Wensleydale a portrait of Wensleydale s two thousand foot fells Kirkby Stephen Hayloft ISBN 1 904524 30 3 Speight Harry 1892 The Craven and North West Yorkshire Highlands London E Stock OCLC 7219082 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes of North Yorkshire Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of lakes and tarns in North 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