Chapel Beck is a minor
river
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in the
county
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of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
in
England
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.
The beck rises in the
Whinlatter Forest
Whinlatter is a small fell in the north west of the English Lake District, just north of the Whinlatter Pass. It is easily climbed from the top of the Whinlatter Pass, through the Forestry England plantations. The Whinlatter Visitor's Centre, a p ...
in the
Lake District
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at the confluence of Grisedale Gill and Sanderson Gill, streams draining the
mountain
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of
Grisedale Pike
Grisedale Pike is a fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, situated west of the town of Keswick in the north-western sector of the national park. At a height of 791 m (2593 feet) it is the 40th-highest Wainwright in th ...
. The two streams meet at Revelin Moss to form Comb Beck. Comb Beck is fed by Comb Gill which, along with its
tributary
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Black Gill, flows southward through
Thornthwaite Forest.
Comb Beck continues through the
village
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of
Thornthwaite
Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. It is by road from Keswick. In 1861 the township had a population ...
where it takes the name Chapel Beck, before flowing into
Newlands Beck
Newlands Beck is a minor river of Cumbria in England.
The beck rises on Dale Head and flows northwards through the picturesque Newlands Valley, past the settlement of Little Town and between Braithwaite and Portinscale before flowing into Basse ...
at Rough Mire which is just south of
Bassenthwaite Lake
Bassenthwaite Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the English Lake District. It is long and narrow, approximately long and wide, but is also extremely shallow, with a maximum depth of about .
It is the only body of water in the Lake ...
.
Rivers of Cumbria
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