Mosedale Beck is a stream in

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which runs into

Wast Water Wast Water or Wastwater () is a lake located in Wasdale, a valley in the western part of the Lake District National Park, England. The lake is almost long and more than wide. It is a glacial lake, formed in a glacially 'over-deepened' valley ...

, which is the deepest lake in

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. Mosedale Beck rises in Little Scoat Fell, it then flows south west until it reaches Ritson's Force waterfall. It then turns to the south and flows through the hamlet of

Wasdale Head Wasdale Head (; traditionally ) is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain (Scafell Pike), deepest lake (Wastwater), smallest church an ...

. It then flows through Down-in-the-Dale before it empties into Wast Water near the parallel

Lingmell Beck Lingmell is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above the village of Wasdale Head. It is an outlier on the north-west flank of Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain. Topography Although standing in the shadow of its taller parent ...

. The Mosedale Horseshoe is a celebrated mountain walk around Mosedale: starting at

it includes

Yewbarrow Yewbarrow is a fell, in the English Lake District, which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow. Yewbarrow is on the left in the classic view of Great Gabl ...

, Red Pike,

Scoat Fell Scoat Fell is a fell in the western part of the English Lake District. It stands at the head of the Mosedale Horseshoe with its back to Ennerdale. Paths lead to Scoat Fell from Ennerdale over Steeple, from Wasdale over Red Pike, and alon ...

, and

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Tributaries

*Gatherstone Beck *Black Beck *Fogmire Beck *Lingmell Beck

References

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