Stonethwaite Beck

Stonethwaite Beck is a minor

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. It is a

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of the River Derwent. Stonethwaite Beck is formed at the confluence of Langstrath Beck and Greenup Gill beneath

Eagle Crag Eagle Crag is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England, it is situated near the village of Stonethwaite where the valleys of Langstrath and Greenup join. Impressive walls of crag look down upon Stonethwaite, making Eagle Crag the most ar ...

, at ''Smithymire Island''. It continues north west and north through Galleny Force, past the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

s of

Stonethwaite Stonethwaite is a small village in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, it is situated in the valley of the Stonethwaite Beck, a side valley of Borrowdale, and within the Lake District National Pa ...

and Rosthwaite, flowing into the Derwent in

Borrowdale Borrowdale is a valley and civil parish in the English Lake District in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cumberland. It is sometimes referred to as ''Cumberland Borrowdale'' t ...

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