Crimple Beck or the River Crimple is a

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which flows through

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. It is a tributary of the

River Nidd The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. In its first few miles it is dammed three times to create Angram Reservoir, Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir, which attract a total of aroun ...

which it joins between

Little Ribston Little Ribston is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Little Ribston is located on the River Nidd, north of Wetherby and south-east of Knaresborough. The Ribston Pippin apple originated here when ...

and

Walshford Walshford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Ribston with Walshford, in the Harrogate district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is north of Wetherby, north-east of Knaresborough, and south of Boroughbridge. Hist ...

north of

Wetherby Wetherby () is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds district, West Yorkshire, England, close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire, and lies approximately from Leeds City Centre, from York and from Harrogat ...

. The beck is long, and has a total catchment area of , which drains the area around

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor at ...

. Its tributaries include the Park Beck.

Course

The beck rises on the flanks of Stainburn Moor near

Beckwithshaw Beckwithshaw is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England about south-west of Harrogate. History Beckwithshaw takes its name from the now smaller settlement of Beckwith, to the east. The suffix "shaw" ...

and flows in an easterly direction to join the Nor Beck before passing through the villages of

Burn Bridge Burn Bridge is a village in the borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is south of the town of Harrogate, and forms part of the civil parish of Pannal and Burn Bridge. Burn Bridge is set largely on the side of a hill. The Crim ...

and

Pannal Pannal is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated to the immediate south of Harrogate. Since 2016 it has formed part of the new civil parish of Pannal ...

It continues in a north-easterly direction, being bridged by the A61 and the

Crimple Valley Viaduct Crimple Valley Viaduct, also known as Crimple Viaduct and Crimple Beck Viaduct is a railway viaduct which crosses the Crimple Valley between Pannal railway station and Hornbeam Park railway station in North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed s ...

just to the south of Harrogate. At the confluence with the Rud Brook it turns to the south-east, and meets the Park Brook before reaching Spofforth where it is bridged by the A661. Beyond Spofforth its course continues to Blackstones where it is measured, joining the River Nidd midway between

and

Hydrology

The

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of the beck is measured by two

gauging station A stream gauge, streamgage or stream gauging station is a location used by hydrologists or environmental scientists to monitor and test terrestrial bodies of water. Hydrometric measurements of water level surface elevation ("stage") and/or volu ...

s, the first near Burn Bridge in its upper reaches has operated since 1972, the second near to the confluence with the Nidd, at Blackstones since 1991. The upper gauge at Burn Bridge, with a

catchment A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the ...

of yields an average flow of . The much larger catchment area of to the lower Blackstones gauge, recorded a correspondingly higher average flow of . The highest river level recorded at Blackstones occurred on the 26 December 2015, with a height of . The catchment upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of and a maximum altitude of on Stainburn Moor near the source of the beck. Land use within the basin is mainly rural, consisting of grassland and arable with some woodland, and the urbanised area around Harrogate.

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Crimple water levels
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Course

Hydrology

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