Stainton Beck
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Stainton 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 stream, then known as St. Sunday's Beck, is close to New Hutton, whence it passes Stainton
Stainton
-Places in England:* Stainton, Carlisle, Cumbria* Stainton, Eden, near Penrith, Cumbria* Stainton, South Lakeland, near Sedgwick, Cumbria* Stainton, County Durham, near Barnard Castle* Stainton, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire...

, where it is renamed Stainton Beck.

The stream continues southwards to meet Peasey Beck
Peasey Beck
Peasey Beck is a watercourse in Cumbria, England.The source of the beck is on Lambrigg Fell between Kendal and Sedbergh though, for the first few kilometres, the beck is known as Killington Beck....

 near Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe is a large village within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Straddling the A6 road, the town contains several old hostelries and hosts a market in The Square every Friday...

 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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