Swimming holeHidden gem
Loughrigg Tarn
Skelwith Bridge, North West England
A small, gentle tarn with a flat path round it and decent swimming.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 75 min
Loughrigg Tarn is a calm, quiet tarn under Loughrigg Fell, with a mostly level path round it. It is easier and quieter than the big lakes and warms a little in summer. A good picnic spot with views of the Langdale Pikes.
Good to know
- Take swim shoes, the shore is muddy
- Combine with a pint at Skelwith Bridge
- Best time
- Summer mornings
- Getting there
- Narrow lanes, limited roadside parking
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs welcome
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