List of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire, England
Summer Lodge Tarn
This is a list of lakes and tarns in North Yorkshire, England. Unlike the nearby Lake District, North Yorkshire does not have many natural lakes due to the porosity of the limestone underneath the surface.[1][2] The JNCC Special Area of Conservation status for the Craven Limestone Complex lists running and standing Water at only 1%.[3] Upland tarns are common where the underlying stone allows the water to collect. These tarns are usually surrounded by peat, so most have relatively acidic water in comparison to the alkaline nature of water which runs over Limestone common in the area.[4]
Man-made reservoirs and dams, such as at Moss Dam in Swaledale, are not included, as the list focuses only on natural lakes and tarns.[5] The list only covers those within Yorkshire, and sites such as Sunbiggin Tarn, whilst in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, are not included, as that body of water is in the county of Cumbria. Some tarns or lakes may no longer exist; historical documents refer to Giggleswick and Wigglesworth as having tarns - however, these have either dried up or have been drained.[6]
The flash lake is sandwiched between the A65 road and the railway line north of Hellifield railway station. It does not appear on mapping from the early 1900s and is listed as a flash lake.
Adjacent to the River Ribble. Listed on the lakes portal as "Unnamed Water Body ID 29701" and on OS Mapping as The Tarn. One book source from 1921 describes a tarn "1.5 miles (2.4 km)" north of Horton-in-Ribblesdale as "Newhouses Tarn", named after the nearest hamlet.
^The county boundary between North Yorkshire and Cumbria runs through the middle of this tarn. Great Widdale Tarn, which is adjacent, is completely within Cumbria. Before the boundary changes of 1974, both tarns were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[40]
References
^"Lakes and tarns". Yorkshire Dales National Park. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^"Freshwater". Yorkshire Dales National Park. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^Gilbert, Oliver; Goldie, Helen; Hodgson, David; Marker, Margaret; Pentecost, Allan; Proctor, Michael; Richardson, Douglas (2006). The ecology of Cowside Beck : a tributary of the river Skirfare in the Malham area of Yorkshire. Settle: FSC. p. 32. ISBN1851532188.
^Woof, C; Jackson, E (1988). "Some aspects of the water chemistry in the area around Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire". Fields Studies Journal. 7 (1). Shrewsbury: FSC: 161. ISSN0428-304X.
^Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 100. ISBN9781840337532.
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