car parks to a less obtrusive place in the 1960s and general footpath and road improvements to minimize the damage caused by the visitors. In May 2008 a building designed to harmonise with the landscape was opened, providing toilets and an information display under a sedum green roof. Etymology " 'The hills by the pool(s)'; 'tjǫrn/tarn', 'haugr/how(e).' There are five or six low hills, most of which form an intake. The pools, now amalgamated through damming, used to be separated by Tarn Moss and called 'The Tarns (High, Middle and Low Tarn)."'Tjǫrn' and 'haugr' are ON (Old Norse), 'tarn' is dialect; Gallery Notes References External links The National Trust's Coniston & Tarn Hows Tarn Hows, Guide to the Lake District Tarn Hows Walk - Lake District Walks Lakes of the Lake District Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria National Trust properties in the Lake District South Lakeland District