Bleaberry Tarn

Bleaberry Tarn is a small natural mountain tarn near Buttermere in the English Lake District. Located at NY165154 (OS Landranger 89), it lies in a corrie below the Lakeland fells of Red Pike and High Stile, backed by Chapel Crags on the ridge between them. The footpath ascending Red Pike from Buttermere skirts its north side.^[1][2] A. Wainwright describes the tarn as "secluded" and suggests it formed in a volcanic crater.^[1]

Bleaberry Tarn
Bleaberry Tarn, in front of Red Pike
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Location	Lake District
Coordinates	54°31′38″N 3°17′25″W
Type	tarn
Basin countries	United Kingdom

The stream Sour Milk Gill descends from the tarn to Buttermere, and is followed by one of the popular footpaths ascending Red Pike.^[1]

In the 19th century, it was sometimes additionally known as "Burtness Tarn" or "Blebba Tarn".^[3][4][5]

References

1. A. Wainwright. "Red Pike (Buttermere)" in The Western Fells: A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (Vol. 7) (Frances Lincoln; 2009) (ISBN 0-7112-2460-9)
2. Geoffrey Berry. "The Buttermere Circuit", pp. 108–109, in Classic Walks (Ken Wilson, Richard Gilbert, eds) (Diadem Books; 1982) (ISBN 0-906371-11-2)
3. John Hudson. A Complete Guide to the Lakes, p. 79 (Longman and Co/Whittaker and Co; 1843)
4. Jonathan Otley. A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains (4th edn), p. 37 (1830)
5. Samuel Leigh. Leigh's Guide to the Lakes and Mountains of Cumberland, Westmorland, And, Lancashire, p. 90 (Leigh & Son; 1835)

Further reading

• John Nuttall, Anne Nuttall. "Bleaberry Tarn", pp. 28–32, in The Tarns of Lakeland Vol 1: West (Cicerone Press; 1995) (ISBN 978-1852841713)

External links

• Tarns of the Fells: Bleaberry Tarn