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]
| Crimple Beck River Crimple | |
|---|---|
 Crimple near Pannal | |
  Location of the mouth within North Yorkshire | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | North Yorkshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Stainburn Moor |
| Mouth | |
• location | River Nidd |
• coordinates | 53°58′20″N 1°23′01″W / 53.972113°N 1.383731°W |
| Length | 24.9 km (15.5 mi) |
| Basin size | 80 km2 (31 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Blackstones |
| • average | 1.02 m3/s (36 cu ft/s) |
Course
editThe beck rises on the flanks of Stainburn Moor near Beckwithshaw and flows in an easterly direction to join the Nor Beck before passing through the villages of Burn Bridge and Pannal.[2] It continues in a north-easterly direction, being bridged by the A61 and the Crimple Valley Viaduct just to the south of Harrogate. At the confluence with the Rud Brook it turns to the south-east, and meets the Park Brook before reaching Spofforth where it is bridged by the A661.[2][3] Beyond Spofforth its course continues to Blackstones where it is measured, joining the River Nidd midway between Little Ribston and Walshford.[3]
Hydrology
editThe flow of the beck is measured by two gauging stations, the first near Burn Bridge in its upper reaches has operated since 1972, the second near to the confluence with the Nidd, at Blackstones since 1991.[6][7]
The upper gauge at Burn Bridge, with a catchment of 8.1 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi) yields an average flow of 0.11 cubic metres per second (3.9 cu ft/s).[8] The much larger catchment area of 76.8 square kilometres (29.7 sq mi) to the lower Blackstones gauge, recorded a correspondingly higher average flow of 1.02 cubic metres per second (36 cu ft/s).[9]
The highest river level recorded at Blackstones occurred on the 26 December 2015, with a height of 2.98 metres (9 ft 9 in).[10] The catchment upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of 752 millimetres (29.6 in) and a maximum altitude of 243 metres (797 ft) on Stainburn Moor near the source of the beck.[11]
Land use within the basin is mainly rural, consisting of grassland and arable with some woodland, and the urbanised area around Harrogate.[11]
See also
edit- List of rivers of Yorkshire
- List of rivers of England
- Crimplene – named after the valley
References
edit- ^ Combined area of Crimple and Park Beck
- ^ a b c "Crimple Beck from Source to Park Beck". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Crimple Beck from Park Beck to River Nidd". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ Bradley, Tom (1851). The Yorkshire Anglers' Guide to the Whole of the Fishing on the Yorkshire Rivers. The author. pp. 19–20.
- ^ "Park Beck Catchment (trib of Crimple Beck)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "27051 – Crimple at Burn Bridge Info". National Rivers Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "27091 – Crimple at Blackstones Info". National Rivers Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "27051 – Crimple at Burn Bridge Daily Flow Data". National Rivers Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "27091 – Crimple at Blackstones Daily Flow Data". National Rivers Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Flood information service – GOV.UK". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b "27091 – Crimple at Blackstones Catchment Info". National Rivers Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
External links
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Media related to Crimple Beck at Wikimedia Commons- Crimple water levels
