Sprinkling Tarn

{{Short description|Upland lake in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2020}}

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Sprinkling Tarn

|image = Sprinkling Tarn - geograph.org.uk - 113569.jpg

| alt = An upland lake with a mountain beyond

| location = Lake District

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Lake District#United Kingdom Allerdale

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Lake District National Park##Location in Allerdale, Cumbria

| coords = {{Coord|54.471|-3.193|region:GB_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

| basin_countries = United Kingdom

| islands = 0

}}

Sprinkling Tarn is a body of water at the foot of Great End, in the Southern Fells in Lake District, {{convert|3|km}} from Seathwaite, Cumbria, England.

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|title=Sprinkling Tarn

|website=Lake District Walks

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|access-date=20 August 2021

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It is noted for its trout and an introduced rare fish, vendace.

{{cite web

|url=http://www.f22.org.uk/lakes/Sprinkling_Tarn/index.htm

|title=Sprinkling Tarn

|website=Chris Maddock Photography

|publisher=

|access-date=20 August 2021

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Formerly known also as Sparkling Tarn. It is known as the wettest place of England with an annual precipitation of over {{convert|5|m}}.{{cite web |last1=Visit Cumbria |title=Lake District weather |url=https://www.visitcumbria.com/lake-district-weather/ |website=visitcumbria.com |access-date=17 October 2019 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408073911/https://www.visitcumbria.com/lake-district-weather/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Lake District Weatherline |title=Overview of weather |url=https://www.lakedistrictweatherline.co.uk/ |website=Lake District Weatherline |access-date=17 October 2019 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017200553/https://www.lakedistrictweatherline.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}

Sprinkling tarn has aquatic plants including intermediate water-starwort, quillwort, shoreweed, floating bur-reed and awlwort and this lake is within the Site of Special Scientific Interest called Scafell Pikes (see Scafells).{{Cite web |title=SSSI detail |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001922&SiteName=scafell%20pikes&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Protected Planet {{!}} Scafell Pikes |url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/137628 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Protected Planet}}