The River Lune is a river in

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, England. The Lune rises close to Lune Head Farm at the confluence of Lune Head Beck (considered by some the upper part of the Lune) and Cleve Beck. Lune Head Beck itself is formed by the meeting of Connypot Beck and Goal Sike, flowing eastward from

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. The river flows eastward through Lunedale to Selset Reservoir, after which it turns north east and feeds Grassholme Reservoir, before continuing to join the

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at Mickleton.

Settlements (from source)

* Grains o' th' Beck * Thringarth * Bowbank * Mickleton

Tributaries (from source)

* Cleve Beck ** Rayback Sike * Lune Head Beck ** Connypot Beck ** Goal Sike * Long Grain * Rennygill Sike * Dowhill Sike * Grow Sike * Soulgill Beck * Rowantree Beck * Hargill Beck

References

Lune Lune may refer to: Rivers *River Lune, in Lancashire and Cumbria, England *River Lune, Durham, in County Durham, England *Lune (Weser), a 43 km-long tributary of the Weser in Germany *Lune River (Tasmania), in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia Pl ...

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