The River Annas is a minor river in Cumbria in northwest England. It is formed as the Kinmont Beck and Crookley Beck which drain the southwestern fells of the

Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

, meet on the eastern edge of the village of Bootle. Their combined waters flow southwest towards

Annaside Annaside is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located on the coast by the Irish Sea, about a south-west of Bootle and north-west of Millom. Annaside is primarily an agricultural settlement and takes its name from the River Annas The ...

on the Irish Sea coast. However

longshore drift Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle incoming wave direction ...

has diverted the river northwestwards parallel to the shore for a further so that it enters the sea at Selker. This section of river is followed by the Cumbria Coastal Way. The river is bridged by the A595 road and the Cumbrian coast railway line.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet no OL6 ''The English Lakes: South-western area''

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