River Bela
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The River Bela just before its confluence with the River Kent, which can be seen in the background |
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location | Cumbria , England | |
River system | River Kent | |
Drain over | River Kent → Morecambe Bay | |
River basin district | North West | |
origin | Confluence of Peasy Beck and Stainton Beck 54 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ N , 2 ° 44 ′ 28 ″ W. |
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muzzle | in the River Kent coordinates: 54 ° 13 ′ 38 " N , 2 ° 47 ′ 23" W 54 ° 13 ′ 38 " N , 2 ° 47 ′ 23" W.
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Small towns | Milnthorpe |
The River Bela is a short river in Cumbria , England . Until 1974 the river was in Westmorland .
The river is created by the confluence of the Peasy Beck and Stainton Beck at Overthwaite east of Milnthorpe . The Bela flows in an arc south around Milnthorpe and flows into the mouth of the River Kent .
During the Second World War there was a POW camp on the River Bela ( 54 ° 12 ′ 56.4 ″ N , 2 ° 44 ′ 51.1 ″ W ). The camp was later turned into a prison.
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- BBC: WW2 People's War - Bela Camp, Milnthorpe
- Kendal, Morecambe, Windermere & Lancaster (= Landranger Map . Band 97 ). Ordnance Survey , Southampton 2011, ISBN 978-0-319-23208-8 .