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'Loughrigg Tarn'

altitude 310 ft, depth 39 ft.

Location : Grasmere / Ambleside
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 344043

Loughrigg Tarn from Ivy Cragg
Loughrigg Tarn from Ivy Crag. Photo by Tony Richards

This is a tarn of outstanding beauty - being almost circular in form, with striking views north-west towards the Langdale Pikes, and with a variety of aquatic plants around its margins. Wordsworth described it as being a 'most beautiful example'.

Loughrigg Tarn
Photo by Tony Richards

Loughrigg Tarn
Photo by Tony Richards

Loughrigg Tarn
Photo by Tony Richards

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page last changed 18 Sep 2007.