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| Name: | Tarn Hill |
| Hill number: | 16214 |
| Height: | 188m / 617ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2528 High Street |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Far Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Kent |
| Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
| Grid ref: | SD 45026 91928 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn on vegetated outcrop |
| Drop: | 45m |
| Col: | 143m SD449923  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL7N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 25 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Martin R | 03/01/2024 | |
| Bike from Kendal. Left bike near church walked up using A mix of Chris Pearsons route and Moorsmans | trimarc2 | 10/02/2023 |
| A long walk from home in Kendal and back (6 hours) with L following f'paths across the beautiful Lyth valley on a stunning sunny mid-November day (after weeks of rainy days). The aim being the Lord's Lot to Tarn Hill skyline 'ridge' with its additional two P20s. After an unpleasant swamp and awkward wall/fence combo's on Lord's Lot we pushed on pessimistically to tackle the rough ridge to Tarn Hill over the two P20s. As it happens I've done a lot worse as there are paths/ways through the scratchy dead bracken, and cattle churned routes through gorse if you find them. A couples of walls/fence with no stiles to carefully overcome without injury to either party. Descended east using a fallen tree bridge over a wall. Then lanes and paths back home over Cunswick Scar to Kendal as the sun dipped by 3.30pm | Chris Pearson | 13/11/2022 |
| Permission received from the vicar to use the church car park to the rear of the pub. Walked back east along the road to the road junction. On your left is Crosthwaite House. The minor road alongside it is a public road which leads as far as the entrance to the final house. At this point a well used path tracks the house fence as far as a small gate giving access to the Hemp Rake open access area. Continue along the fence to a second gate which leads into the rough pasture. Go right, slightly uphil, and pick up a path leading uphill. After 300 m take the left fork, through the wall and keep following the wall/fence until alongside the summit. Easy fence to cross then short ascent from here. Route, acording to a local, is tolerated rather than official. | moorsman | 22/09/2022 |
| Park just beyond high point of toad to east where there's a track running nnw. 55-60 metres up this track hop over gate on left. No more fences walls till one just before top with help from a blown over tree that's helpful to clamber over | vegibagger | 19/05/2022 |
| Rambling Ray | 18/11/2021 | |
| From church. With not so friendly gate with unwelcome sign and barbed wire | conanharrod | 14/02/2021 |
| dickiewren | 01/12/2020 | |
| Parked at Church, along the Crossthwaite Road and up beside the blacksmith, along road, over field, along next road, curve up the hill, take field on left and work way to summit. Descended on a track to West end of village emerging near the School, lady in house asked what we were up to as we came through the yard but was perfectly pleasant when I explained, chatted for a while and wished us luck with completing our Cumbrian Hills. | nickywood1 | 14/11/2020 |
| Easy parking and ascent from SD 45547 91809 | DC11main | 24/11/2018 |
| From church car park. Took the lane running up SE side Crossthwaite House. | jonglew | 14/10/2018 |
| 16 degrees, sunshine and cloud, from east with Mike L. | Wycombe Wanderer | 25/08/2018 |
| Parked by the church and ascended by tracks and paths. There is a crossing point to the south east of the summit. Good viewpoint especially to the north west, but had no time to go further. | JohnW | 22/03/2018 |
| As Ronaldo from GR 455919, verge parking at track or a little higher up lane. Higher start than Crosthwaite and shorter. Simple climb up the hill, keep to left (South) of main wall for easier climb over the top wall to summit. Fine viewpoint. | nordicstar | 11/12/2017 |
| Tarn Hill from GR: SD 45545 91825 | ronaldo333 | 08/10/2017 |
| mae | 28/04/2017 | |
| GaryJones | 28/11/2016 | |
| From Crosthwaite school approx as JB. Final summit climb brackeny but not bad. Unusual trig in grass below summit, classified as a bolt but if so it's under a metal cover. Only the second of this type I've seen, both in South Lakes | RHW | 05/09/2015 |
| Dave Geere | 07/05/2015 | |
| From crosthwiate | briandiggle | 04/04/2015 |
| From Lord's Lot, fences to cross and in summer there'll be a lot of bracken. Visited large but lower cairn on the way. Grassy/rocky knoll on top and flowers had been laid out for someone. Found an unusual OS site close to summit. Descended to Crosthwaite, probably unofficial way, then back along road to starting point for Lord's Lot to W. | Aye Jimmy | 04/03/2015 |
| Involves a lot of nasty fences from Lord's Lot. | peebs | 05/02/2015 |
| Jim B | 02/02/2015 | |
| Good road parking at Crosthwaite School. Head up track opposite for 80m then turn 2/3 R through a gate followed by 4 more as you head directly up the hill into the long, narrow field NW of summit. Don't climb the fence into the summit field until you are beneath the summit itself. I approached from Lord's Lot but descended this way | jimbloomer | 05/11/2014 |
| mynameisdads | blank |