Walk c121 Tarn Hows and Yew Tree Tarn from Tom Gill

This 6 mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Tom Gill & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:6mls (9.5km)
Ascent:853ft (260m)
Time:3hrs
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Route outline for walk c121:

Tom Gill  -  Tom Gill Waterfall  -  Tarn Hows  -  Rose Castle Plantation  -  Torver Intake  -  The Cumbria Way  -  Tom Heights  -  Iron Keld  -  Low Arnside  -  The Cumbria Way  -  Oxen Fell High Cross  -  Man Crag  -  Yew Tree Tarn  -  Harry Guards Wood  -  Yew Tree Farm  -  Glen Mary Bridge  -  Tom Gill


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Walk c121 is on these Interactive Walk Planning Maps (worth a look if you've never seen one of these superb, free-to-access, walk planning maps)


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Wainwrights
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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Cumbria Way, a 112km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Ulverston in Cumbria, England with Carlisle in Cumbria, England. The Cumbria Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cumbria Way.


You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)

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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL7 The English Lakes - South Eastern area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 90 Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside


OS Landranger 96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland


OS Landranger 97 Kendal & Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c121 Tarn Hows and Yew Tree Tarn from Tom Gill

In no particular order . . .

Bottom of Tom Gill Falls near Tarn Hows

Bottom of Tom Gill Falls near Tarn Hows

Photo: David Wright (66)

Track on Low Arnside

Track on Low Arnside

Photo: Stephen Collins (44)

Tarn Hows

Tarn Hows

Photo: Tony Higgs (6)

The Langdale Pikes from a frozen Tarn Hows

The Langdale Pikes from a frozen Tarn Hows

Photo: Andy Malcolm (194)

Tarn Hows

Tarn Hows

Photo: David Wright (159)

Holme Fell from Yew Tree Tarn near Tarn Hows

Holme Fell from Yew Tree Tarn near Tarn Hows

Photo: Andy Malcolm (36)

Path to Low Arnside

Path to Low Arnside

Photo: David Hayter (259)

Tarn Hows

Tarn Hows

Photo: Mark Jolley (22)

Fishermen on Arnside Sands, Morecambe Bay

Fishermen on Arnside Sands, Morecambe Bay

Photo: Darren Proctor (11)

Tom Gill Waterfall, Tarn Hows

Tom Gill Waterfall, Tarn Hows

Photo: Mark Jolley (21)


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