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.

Old School

Building

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Old School is a building.

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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Latitude

54.43333° or 54° 26′ north

Longitude

-2.6° or 2° 36′ west

Elevation

653 feet (199 metres)

Open location code

9C6VCCM2+82

GeoNames ID

2655616

Wikidata ID

Q4916373

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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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