Stock Beck is a minor

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in the

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area of

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(formerly in

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). It is long and has a

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area of .

Course

Rising as Calf Hall Beck near Higher Laithe Farm on

Weets Hill Weets Hill is a hill in the West Craven area of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is south-west of the town of Barnoldswick and is north-east of Pendle Hill. The hill is in the traditional county of Yorkshire, but following local government r ...

it flows north east into

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, where it meets Gillians Beck and turns north becoming known as Butts Beck. Stock Beck leaves the town before heading northwest to meet Fools Syke and then Hell Forest Dike near Gilbeber Hill. After passing under the Monks Bridge on the

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it collects Horton Beck and heads west. It meets Flush Beck and then Bottom Beck near the hamlet of Bracewell. After the confluence with Spittle Syke, it passes under the Stock Beck viaduct on the Ribble Valley line and the A682 Long Preston road, north of the village

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and joins the

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at Gisburne Park.

Tributaries

*Spittle Syke *Horton Beck *Bottom Beck **Lodge Hill Syke ***Old Park Syke ****Wedacre Syke ****Hesketh Rough Syke *Flush Beck *Hell Forest Dike **Turpit Gate Syke **Hayfield Dike ***Tosber Syke *Fools Syke **Ray Gill Water ***Ray Gill **Horrox Gill *Crownest Syke *Gillians Beck **Moor Side Beck

References

Rivers of Lancashire Rivers of the Borough of Pendle Rivers of Ribble Valley Barnoldswick 1Stock {{England-river-stub