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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

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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