Wild Swim Atlas

    Sprinkling Tarn

    Seatoller, Lake DistrictLakeFree, open all year

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    Getting there

    An upland tarn below Great End, reached on foot from Seathwaite or Seatoller in Borrowdale.

    Water
    Lake
    Entry
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    Lifeguard
    No lifeguard

    Getting there

    Walk from Seathwaite via the path beside Grains Gill, continuing past Stockley Bridge towards Styhead Tarn and Sprinkling Tarn. The National Trust walk starts at Seatoller car park, with bus services from Keswick to Seatoller.

    54.4719, -3.1930

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    Rules to know before you go

    • Do not swim alone
    • Do not swim after drinking or taking drugs
    • Enter the water slowly
    • Check the depth before swimming
    • Swim close to the shoreline
    • Do not swim if blue-green algae is suspected

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