List of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire

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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]

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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 Some tarns or lakes may no longer exist; historical documents refer to Giggleswick and Wigglesworth as having tarns - however, these have either dried up or have been drained.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

List of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire
NameLocationCoordinatesHeight AMSLVolumeNotesRef
Birkdale Tarn Keld 54°24′40″N2°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″N2°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″N2°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″N2°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″N2°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″N2°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″N2°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″N2°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″N1°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 MossRibblehead 54°14′02″N2°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 HoleOughtershaw 54°13′37″N2°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″N1°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″N2°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 TarnOughtershaw 54°13′59″N2°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″N2°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 TarnOughtershaw 54°14′02″N2°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″N1°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″N0°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″N2°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 MossRavenseat Moor 54°26′17″N2°13′16″W / 54.438°N 2.221°W / 54.438; -2.221 1,877 feet (572 m) [35]
South Grain TarnOughtershaw 54°13′52″N2°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″N2°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 TarnCrackpot 54°21′04″N2°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″N2°19′05″W / 54.288°N 2.318°W / 54.288; -2.318 2,090 feet (637 m) [41] [42]

Notes

  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]

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