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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

National Trust Orchid House

After many months of redevelopment the National Trust have opened the Orchid House. The building on the Pennine Way behind the Field Centre buildings has undergone extensive structural and decorating work. The Orchid House was officially opened on Thursday June 9th. The facility is to be used as a classroom and event room by the National Trust. However the building now offers toilet facilities for people walking the Pennine Way and Information Boards for the area. Previously the nearest toilets to the Tarn were in Malham Village. This will now be very welcome for the thousands of people who walk along this path every year.
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