Crimple Beck

Crimple Beck
River Crimple
Crimple near Pannal
Crimple Beck is located in North Yorkshire
Crimple Beck
Location of the mouth within North Yorkshire
Location
CountryEngland
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationStainburn Moor
Mouth 
 • location
River Nidd
 • coordinates
53°58′20″N 1°23′01″W / 53.972113°N 1.383731°W / 53.972113; -1.383731
Length24.9 km (15.5 mi)
Basin size80 km2 (31 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationBlackstones
 • average1.02 m3/s (36 cu ft/s)

Crimple Beck or the River Crimple is a beck which flows through North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Nidd which it joins between Little Ribston and Walshford north of Wetherby.[2][3] The beck is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) long,[4] and has a total catchment area of 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi), which drains the area around Harrogate. Its tributaries include the Park Beck.[5]

  1. ^ Combined area of Crimple and Park Beck
  2. ^ "Crimple Beck from Source to Park Beck". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Crimple Beck from Park Beck to River Nidd". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. ^ Bradley, Tom (1851). The Yorkshire Anglers' Guide to the Whole of the Fishing on the Yorkshire Rivers. The author. pp. 19–20.
  5. ^ "Park Beck Catchment (trib of Crimple Beck)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 December 2016.