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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




Saturday 18 June 2011

May

After the Easter Break centre has been  very busy again with many groups over May. With exams taking place in schools we have had many visits day and residential from Key Stage 1 and 2 groups. Moorlands, Lady Lane Park, Settle Primary, Giggleswick Primary, St Nicholas,  were involved in sessions like rivers, rocks, soils and pond dipping. Whilst St Mary's School from Colchester completed their Discovery Award for their John Muir Award course and returned to school eager to set up and find Geocaches around their home area. They also presented back to the school and their parents everything they learned from exploring the Malhamdale area.

Other groups to visit have been John Lyon's School, Cokethorpe, Hull Collegiate and Archbishop Sentamu studying geography as part of their Year 9 and 10 studies.
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