Birk Beck
Birk Beck is a minor river in Cumbria. Rising on the fells near Shap, the beck runs south-by-south east, picking up Wasdale Beck and Bretherdale Beck before falling into the River Lune near the head of the Lune Gorge by Castle Howe close to Old Tebay.Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old School and Orton CofE School.
Orton CofE School
School
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orton CofE School is situated 2½ miles north of Birk Beck.
Orton Hall
Residential building
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orton Hall is a residential building, which is situated 2½ miles north of Birk Beck.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tebay and Old Tebay.
Tebay
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland. It lies in the upper Lune Valley, at the head of the Lune Gorge.
Old Tebay
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland. It lies in the upper Lune Valley, at the head of the Lune Gorge.
Roundthwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roundthwaite is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is located about a mile south west of Tebay, is part of the Tebay parish, and the majority of its land is used for farming.
Birk Beck
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Birk Beck” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Birk Beck”
- Swedish: “Birk Beck”
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