Wild Swim Atlas

Bowscale Tarn

Mungrisdale, Lake DistrictLakeFree, open all year

Directions

Bowscale Tarn is a remote corrie lake below Bowscale Fell, reached by a public bridleway from the Mungrisdale–Mosedale road.

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Getting there

A public bridleway leads from a lay-by on the Mungrisdale–Mosedale road to the tarn.

54.6728, -3.0301

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