River Esk, North Yorkshire

River Esk
River Esk near its mouth at Whitby
Course of the Esk
Location
Country	England
Counties	North Yorkshire
Towns	Whitby
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	The Esklets near Westerdale
• coordinates	54°23′56″N 0°58′40″W / 54.3990°N 0.9779°W / 54.3990; -0.9779
• elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Mouth
• location	North Sea at Whitby
• coordinates	54°29′33″N 0°36′44″W / 54.4925°N 0.6122°W / 54.4925; -0.6122
Length	45 km (28 mi)
Basin size	362 km2 (140 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Sleights[2]
• average	4.8 m3/s (170 cu ft/s)[2]
• maximum	350 m3/s (12,000 cu ft/s)[1]

Whitby

Source

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Location of Source and Whitby within North Yorkshire

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Legend
Source White Gill Clough Gill Stockdale Beck Stocking Dyke Whyett Beck Hob Beck Commondale Beck Danby Beck Ewe Crag Beck Esk Valley Railway Clither Beck Little Fryup Beck Eller Beck Great Fryup Beck Lealholm Wood Beck Broad Carr Beck Ford Stonegate Beck Church Dale Glaisdale Glaisdale Beck Egton Egton Bridge Blue Beck Murk Esk Cat Scar North York Moors Railway Grosmont Lady Hilda's Beck Sleights Weir A169 road Sleights Iburndale Beck Buskey Beck Ruswarp Hydro/Ruswarp Weir Tidal limit Limit of navigation B1416 road Ruswarp Shawn Riggs Beck Mill Beck Larpool Viaduct A171 road Spital Beck Whitby Bagdale Beck Whitby Upper Harbour Whitby Swing Bridge Whitby Lower Harbour River mouth (North Sea)

The River Esk is a river in North Yorkshire, England that empties into the North Sea at Whitby after a course of around 28 miles (45 km) through its valley of Eskdale. The river's name is derived from the Brythonic word "isca" meaning "water".^[3] The Esk is the only major river in Yorkshire that flows directly into the North Sea; all other watercourses defined as being major rivers by the Environment Agency, either flow to the North Sea via the River Tees or the Humber Estuary.