Hol Beck (Windermere)
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Get Beck Skelghyll Beck in the upper reaches |
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 The Hol Beck |
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| location | Cumbria , England | |
| River system | River Leven | |
| Drain over | Leven (Cumbria) → Irish Sea | |
| River basin district | North West | |
| origin | southeast of Wansfell Pike 54 ° 25 ′ 40 ″ N , 2 ° 55 ′ 39 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the Windermere coordinates: 54 ° 24 '32 " N , 2 ° 56' 58" W 54 ° 24 '32 " N , 2 ° 56' 58" W.
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The Hol Beck is a watercourse in the Lake District , Cumbria , England . It arises southeast of the Wansfell Pike and flows south to its confluence with the Windermere .
In its upper reaches, the Hol Beck is also known as the Skelghyll Beck . A 750 m section of the watercourse in this part is specially protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest . ( 54 ° 25 ′ 13.6 ″ N , 2 ° 55 ′ 57.7 ″ W ) The section is a well-known site for stratigraphy des Llandovery and is particularly rich in graptolite fossils.
Web links
Commons : Hol Beck, Windermere - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Skelghyll Beck on SSSI List at Natural England