Tarn Hows circular walk, Tarn Hows and Coniston, South Lakes Outdoors
Loop Walk · Lake District
150
XP
about 40 min walking
All the family can enjoy spectacular views of the high Lake District fells in every season, on this easy, accessible walk around a tree-lined tarn.
275 m
225 m
175 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
50 m
Drop
55 m
Highest
228 m
Lowest
190 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 1.2–1.7, from 219 m to 193 m.
How the 3.0 km splits
Flat
0.8 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Descending
1.0 km
Link it with other walks
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Tarn Hows Ranger Run, Tarn Hows and Coniston, South Lakes Outdoors
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.9, 2.66.35 km
Cumbria Way
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 1.8118.71 km
Tom Gill to Tarn Hows walk, Tarn Hows, South Lakes Outdoors
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