The River Keekle is a river

River

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 running through the English

England

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 county

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 of Cumbria

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The source

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 of the Keekle is to be found at Keekle Head Farm on High Park between Gilgarran and Asby. From there, the river moves gradually southwards via former open cast mine between Frizington

Frizington

Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867-1868...

 and Whitehaven

Whitehaven

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 to Cleator

Cleator Moor

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, where it becomes subsumed by the River Ehen

River Ehen

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. The river is noted for its occasional abundance of salmon

Salmon

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. Radioactive Landfill is proposed at Keekle Head. There is strong opposition to the proposal to put radioactive waste in the site of the former open cast mine from Radiation Free Lakeland
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