Bleaberry Tarn

Bleaberry Tarn
A clear lake in the foreground with a steep mountain ridge beyond
Bleaberry Tarn, in front of Red Pike
Bleaberry Tarn is located in the Lake District
Bleaberry Tarn
Bleaberry Tarn
Bleaberry Tarn is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Bleaberry Tarn
Bleaberry Tarn
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
LocationLake District
Coordinates54°31′38″N 3°17′25″W / 54.52722°N 3.29028°W / 54.52722; -3.29028
Typetarn
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b c 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)