Newlands Beck
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Newlands Beck is a minor river of Cumbria
in England
.
The beck rises on Dale Head
and flows northwards through the picturesque Newlands Valley
, past the settlement of Little Town
and between Braithwaite
and Portinscale
before flowing into Bassenthwaite Lake
north east of Thornthwaite
.
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The beck rises on Dale Head
Dale Head
Dale Head is a fell in the northwestern sector of the Lake District, in northern England. It is 753 metres or 2,470 feet above sea level and stands immediately north of Honister Pass, the road between Borrowdale and Buttermere.-Topography:...
and flows northwards through the picturesque Newlands Valley
Newlands Valley
The Newlands Valley is in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is regarded as one of the most picturesque and quiet valleys in the national park, even though it is situated very close to the popular tourist town of Keswick and the busy A66 road.The valley forms part of the civil...
, past the settlement of Little Town
Little Town, Cumbria
Little Town is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District National Park. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, separated from Derwent Water to the east by the summit of Catbells. It is some by road from Keswick....
and between Braithwaite
Braithwaite
Braithwaite is a village in the northern Lake District, in Cumbria, England. Historically within Cumberland, it lies just to the west of Keswick and to the east of the Grisedale Pike ridge, in the Borough of Allerdale. It forms part of the civil parish of Above Derwent.The eastern end of the...
and Portinscale
Portinscale
Portinscale is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated close to the western shore of Derwentwater and within the Lake District National Park. It is some by road from Keswick....
before flowing into Bassenthwaite Lake
Bassenthwaite Lake
Bassenthwaite Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the English Lake District. It is long and narrow, approximately long and wide, but is also extremely shallow, with a maximum depth of about ....
north east of Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated just off the A66 road, to the south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. It is some by road from Keswick....
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Tributaries
- Chapel BeckChapel BeckChapel Beck is a minor river in the county of Cumbria in England.The beck rises in the Whinlatter Forest in the Lake District at the confluence of Grisedale Gill and Sanderson Gill, streams draining the mountain of Grisedale Pike. The two streams meet at Revelin Moss to form Comb Beck...
- Comb Beck
- Comb Gill
- Black Gill
- Comb Gill
- Grisedale GillGrisedale PikeGrisedale Pike is a fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England situated west of the town of Keswick in the north-western sector of the national park. At a height of 791 m it is the 40th highest Wainwright in the Lake District; it also qualifies as a Hewitt, Marilyn and Nuttall...
- Sanderson Gill
- Comb Beck
- Hallgarth Beck
- Masmill Beck
- Pow Beck
- Coledale BeckColedale BeckColedale Beck is a minor river running through Cumbria in England.The beck rises north east of Eel Crag, where Pudding Beck meets Birkthwaite Beck. From there, Coledale Beck runs east north east through Coledale, between Grisedale Pike and Causey Pike...
- Barrow Gill
- Birkthwaite Beck
- Pudding Beck
- Pow Beck
- Stonycroft Gill
- Rigg Beck
- Yewthwaite Gill
- Keskadale BeckKeskadale BeckKeskadale Beck is a minor river of Cumbria, England.The beck rises at the confluence of High Hole Beck and Moss Beck . From there, Keskadale Beck flows north east, picking up Dudmanscomb Gill...
- Ill Gill
- Ard Gill
- Dudmanscomb Gill
- High Hole Beck
- Moss Beck
- Ill Gill
- Scope BeckScope BeckScope Beck is a minor river in the county of Cumbria in England.The beck runs through Little Dale, a valley between the mountains of Hindscarth and Robinson, in a north north easterly direction....
- Deep Gill
- Parrocks Gill
- Barnes Gill
- Near Broadgill
- Lewthwaite Gill
- Far Broadgill
- Step Gill
- Near Tongue Gill
- Far Tongue Gill