The River Rawthey is a
river
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in
Cumbria
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in northwest
England
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.
The headwaters of the Rawthey are at Rawthey Gill Foot, where Rawthey Gill meets Haskhaw Gill. The source of Rawthey Gill is unclear, but is either on
Knoutberry Haw or near to the East Tarns of
Baugh Fell
Baugh Fell (, or ) is a large, flat-topped hill in the northern Pennines of England. It lies in the north-western corner of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, immediately to the east of the Howgill Fells and to the north of Whernside, the highe ...
. Moving initially northwards, the Rawthey picks up Whin Stone Gill in Uldale before skirting round Bluecaster, after which the river runs south-southwest through Cautley. The Rawthey is joined by the
Clough River
The Clough River is a river in Cumbria, England. A tributary of the River Rawthey, it flows for primarily through the Garsdale valley.
Course
The river rises at Grisedale in south-eastern Cumbria, where a group of smaller streams draining Gri ...
, coming from
Garsdale
Garsdale is a dale in the south-east of Cumbria, England. It lies within the Westmorland and Furness local government district and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park for planning purposes; it was historically a part of the West Riding of ...
, near Dowbiggin, and, having run past Castleshaw Tower, the
River Dee close to
Sedbergh
Sedbergh ( or ) is a town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. It falls within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Since April 2023, it has been administered by Westmorland and Furness local authority. Th ...
. The Rawthey joins the
Lune
Lune may refer to:
Rivers
*River Lune, in Lancashire and Cumbria, England
*River Lune, Durham, in County Durham, England
*Lune (Weser), a 43 km-long tributary of the Weser in Germany
*Lune River (Tasmania), in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia
Pl ...
at Stangerthwaite soon afterwards.
Most of the country through which the Rawthey runs is part of the historic
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...
.
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