Cunsey Beck is one of several rivers and streams that replenish the lake of

Windermere Windermere (historically Winder Mere) is a ribbon lake in Cumbria, England, and part of the Lake District. It is the largest lake in England by length, area, and volume, but considerably smaller than the List of lakes and lochs of the United Ki ...

in the English

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. Being just over two miles (3.2 km) in length and generally slow flowing, the stream descends some 87 feet (27 m) from the southern end of

Esthwaite Water Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area. To the north is the villag ...

, which it drains, to the western banks of Windermere near an island called Ling Holm. After flowing out of Esthwaite Water, the Cunsey Beck replenishes the small

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. Draining the tarn at its southern end, the beck then flows in a south-easterly direction between the

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-wooded slopes of

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to the south and west, and the

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woodland of Bishop Woods to the north. Just before entering Windermere, the beck passes through the deciduous Cunsey Wood. Immediately before entering the lake, Cunsey Beck is crossed by a footbridge, which is part of a public footpath along a stretch of the western shore of Windermere. In 2022 the beck was the scene of a major pollution incident and many fish were killed. Local campaigners believe the cause was inadequately investigated at the time.

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