Peasey Beck
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Peasey Beck is a watercourse in Cumbria
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...

, 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...

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The source of the beck
Beck (disambiguation)
Beck may refer to:* Beck, an American musician**Beck , 2001 EP by Beck* Beck , an American bus manufacturer* Beck , a British English dialect word for a small stream* River Beck, in South London, England...

 is on Lambrigg Fell between Kendal
Kendal
Kendal, anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England...

 and Sedbergh
Sedbergh
Sedbergh is a small town in Cumbria, England. It lies about east of Kendal and about north of Kirkby Lonsdale. The town sits just within the Yorkshire Dales National Park...

 though, for the first few kilometres, the beck is known as Killington Beck
Killington Beck
Killington Beck is a stream or beck in Cumbria, England about long. It starts at a height of about on Lambrigg Fell between Kendal and Sedbergh.About from its source it is dammed and forms the Killington Reservoir or Killington Lake...

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Having run through Killington Reservoir, the beck runs south, then west, passing the village of Old Hutton the river then continues south past Gatebeck, picking up Fall Beck on the way, then passes Endmoor.

The river passes Crooklands
Crooklands
Crooklands is a village in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, south of Kendal on the A65 road. The Lancaster Canal and Peasey Beck pass through Crooklands...

 before converging with Stainton Beck
Stainton Beck
Stainton Beck is a watercourse in Cumbria, England.The source of the stream, then known as St. Sunday's Beck, is close to New Hutton, whence it passes Stainton, where it is renamed Stainton Beck....

 to form the River Bela
River Bela
The River Bela is a short river in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the ancient county of Westmorland.The river is formed by the confluence of Peasey Beck and Stainton Beck at Overthwaite...

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