![]() The eastern side of the lake, is fed by several inflows, several small straight drainage streams, coming from Royal Blackheath Golf Course to the east and northeast, and a larger natural stream coming from the south named, Little Quaggy. There are two small circular islands on the western side of the lake, and on the eastern side are a series of weirs, east of the footbridge. The lake is just over 2 acres (0.81 ha) in area, mostly within the public park section, with the eastern end being within the bird sanctuary part, and the easternmost tip of the lake falling outside the grounds onto Royal Blackheath Golf Course. ![]() The lake is approximately 230 m (250 yd) long, east to west, and its width fluctuates between 20 m (22 yd) and 50 m (55 yd), being wider at the western end. Since 1903, the lake itself has been referred to as The Tarn, before this time it was called Starbuck's Pond, but this name is no longer used. The wooden footbridge across the lake in The Tarn, when the water was covered in algae, September 2010 Lake The ice house is a Grade II listed structure, and a section of the top has been cut out, but fenced over so people can safely see inside. An 18th century brick ice house is located in the gardens, next to the steps near the northwest bank of the lake, encircled by a small metal fence. The park does not permit dogs, as they may disturb the wildlife. The Tarn is wheelchair accessible, although there are steps near the northwest entrance, the southwest entrance and most of the park have wide paved paths with no steps. The Tarn contains, many wooden and iron benches, bins, and picnic benches there is a public toilet building with a veranda shelter in the northwest of the park, and a circular gazebo structure in the southwest. A single path extends along most of the northern bank of the lake, and another opposite following the southern shore, a wooden and concrete footbridge spans the lake on the eastern side, where it is narrowest, and joins the two banks, and creating a circular walk around the park and lake. ![]() There are several crossing concrete paths north and south of the lake at the western end, and a single path along the western bank of the lake parallel to Court Road and connecting the two gated entrances, the road is higher than the park, so there is a slight embankment here, higher at the northern end where some of the path requires steps. ![]() The part open to the public occupies the central area of the site, almost surrounding the lake, and the western part following Court Road. Half The Tarn's total area is a public park or garden 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) in size, although only 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) of the public space is land, the lake taking up the other 2 acres (0.81 ha). The whole site of The Tarn is around 240 m (260 yd) across east to west, and 180 m (200 yd) north to south. The whole site is 9 acres (3.6 ha) in size, 2 acres (0.81 ha) being water, and 7 acres (2.8 ha) land half the total area, or 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) is open to the public as a park and garden, and the other half is not usually open to the public, and is designated as a bird sanctuary nature reserve. The Tarn, is a site between Mottingham, and Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, containing a public park, or garden a bird sanctuary, and a lake, the vast majority of which is covered in woodland. There is also an 18th-century ice house in the garden, which is a listed structure. The Tarn remains largely unchanged since the 1930s and contains several shelters, benches, a public toilets building and a circular path which crosses a wooden footbridge spanning the lake. As a garden The Tarn opened in 1935, after the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich acquired the site from the adjacent Royal Blackheath Golf Course. ![]() The woodland and lake, which was historically known as Starbuck's Pond, were previously the southern part of the Great Park, one of three parks belonging to the estate of Eltham Palace and used as a royal deer hunting park for several centuries up until the English Civil War. The Tarn at The Tarn is a 9 acres (3.6 ha) site on Court Road between Mottingham and Eltham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, southeast London, United Kingdom, consisting of a public garden, a bird sanctuary nature reserve and a lake amongst woodland. Location of The Tarn in The Royal Borough of Greenwich ![]()
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