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Malham Tarn Field Centre, situated near Malham Tarn in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. Follow this blog to keep up to date with current goings on at the Tarn.
The centre is run by the Field Studies Council and is popular with both geography and biology students, as well as the wider public. Opened in 1947, the Centre celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2007.Within walking distance of the Centre are famous limestone features including Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and spectacular karst landscapes. The route of the Pennine Way footpath runs very close to the buildings. Nearby habitats include limestone pavement, grazed and ungrazed grassland, woodland and species-rich fen, acid peat pools and stony hill streams. Malham Tarn itself is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe.

For more information please go to
http://www.field-studies-council.org/malhamtarn/index.aspx




Friday, 11 February 2011

Malham Tarn Boat House on Tv!

In Autumn last year Channel Four filmed an episode of 'The Secret Supper Club' in the West Boat House on the shore of the Tarn. Using the kitchen up at centre to prepare food for the programme, they then set up a dinner party in the Boat House for three members of staff and local food producers.

The show is due to be aired on Channel Four, Saturday 19th Feb at 3.50pm.
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Key Stage 2 Open Evening


On March 17th from 5.30-8.30pm, Malham Tarn will open it’s doors to teachers and educators involved in Key Stage 2 teaching. The centre has many courses suitable for residential and day visits for this age group and we welcome you to have a look around the centre, meet the team of tutors and discuss the needs of your group over tea and cake!

To express an interest or for more information about this event tel; 01729 830 331
or email: enquiries.mt@field-studies-council.org


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February 11th 2011


Since our last update the centre has been busy with a wide range of visitors.

Most recent groups to the centre include, St Hild’s from Hartlepool Year 9 students who took part in geography and team building sessions. King David High School from Manchester stayed for two nights to study geography for their A level exams. St Ambrose Barlow School from Liverpool walked from the Centre to Malham village collecting data on tourism in a National Park for their GCSE controlled assessment.

Malham Tarn Centre has had a spring clean for the visitors in the year ahead. Classrooms have been painted and displays around the centre have been created.

On the weekend of the 5th-6th Feb Malham hosted the Field Studies Council Executives meeting. The board of Trustees of the Charity and Heads of all the FSC Centres met to review the past twelve months. The event was highly successful and demonstrated the versatility of the centre and staff.

The Annual Malham Tarn Wildlife Weather Report 2010 is near completion and will be ready to download or purchase soon. Check back for the release date.



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