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The River Gilpin is a
The River Gilpin is a river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in the English county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
of Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
. Formerly, the river was in the county of Westmorland
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland''R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref>) is an area of North West England which was Historic counties of England, historically a county. People of the area ...
.
The river rises near Gilpin Lodge in the vicinity of Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Lake Windermere and the town of Wind ...
and flows in a general south-by-south-easterly direction through Gilpinpark Plantation.
At Crosthwaite, the direction of the river changes from south to south-east, continuing past the hamlet of Row into the Lyth Valley
The Lyth Valley is on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.
Until 2023, it gave its name to an Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward (one of 45 in South Lakeland). As a result of local gove ...
, where it is swelled by the much larger River Pool.
From there, the river continues moving south to Sampool, where it meets the River Kent
The River Kent is a short river in the county of Cumbria in England. It originates in hills surrounding Kentmere, and flows for around 20 miles (32 km) into the north of Morecambe Bay. The upper reaches and the western bank of the estuary ...
.
The name of the river is in honour of the Gilpin family.
See also
* Wild Boar of WestmorlandReferences
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