Yew Tree Tarn Explained

Yew Tree Tarn
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Lake District#United Kingdom South Lakeland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Lake District National Park##Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria
Location:Lake District, England
Lake Type:dammed enclosure
Inflow:Yewdale Beck
Outflow:Yewdale Beck
Basin Countries:United Kingdom
Depth:10feet
Elevation:344feet

Yew Tree Tarn is a small lake in the English Lake District situated in between the towns of Ambleside and Coniston. The tarn was formed when the local landowner dammed the Yewdale Beck in the 1930s and stocked the lake with trout. Currently, fishing for brown and rainbow trout is controlled and managed by the Coniston and Torver Angling Association. A usable footpath runs around the periphery of the tarn not bordered by the main road.

In July 2010, volunteers from the South Lakes Rivers Trust and the Coniston and Crake Partnership removed most of the fish from the tarn in order to avoid kill off from low water levels due to a local drought. The fish were moved to the nearby beck.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drought fish rescue at Coniston tarn. 30 March 2017.