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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 1 April 2011

End of March

March has been a very busy month for groups at the centre. Since the last update, Bishop Milner, Cheltenham College, South Craven School, Oundle, Roundhay School, Albyn School, Oasis Academy and Benton Park School have all visited the centre to study for their AS Geography exams. Other groups such as Belvedere, Sandbach School, Burnley College, and Cardinal Langley have been to the centre for part of their A level Biology or Environmental Science course.

Moorfields High brought a Key Stage 2 group for a residential visit towards their John Muir Award. The award is developed to help students ‘Discover, Explore Conserve and Share.’ Carlton Primary brought their Year 3 and 4 pupils for a day visit to explore Malham and find out about, rocks, soils and settlements.

One of the furthest travelling schools recently was Jumeirah College from Dubai. The college brought 38 pupils for Biology and Geography as part of the English Curriculum that they follow. The pupils from all over the world were very lucky to experience the very good weather that we had for the week before it turned colder and wetter again. Most of them did not understand why the British complain about the weather so much!

The Orchid House redevelopment project is coming along and soon the external works to the building will be complete hopefully in time for visitors in the peak summer season.

The Autumn term is booking up fast, so if you are interested in bringing a group to the centre please contact the main office at Malham Tarn.
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