The River Wampool is a river flowing through north western

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in England. It is in the ''Waver and Wampool'' (or ''Wampool and Waver'')

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which includes the towns of

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and

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Headwaters

The river is formed at Chalkfoot near East Curthwaite, where water from Cardew Mires flowing in Gill Beck is joined by the Chalk Beck. Chalk

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rises close to Wavergillhead and runs north, meeting Iron Gill and proceeding through a wooded clough to Chalkfoot, helping define the western edge of

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River Wampool

The Wampool initially flows westwards from Wampool Bridge near West Curthwaite to Crofton Bridge near

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. From here on it powered a number of watermills. The

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from Woodside Mill joins shortly after Crofton. The Wampool is joined by Whinnow Beck at Micklethwaite, with Whins Mill and then Moorhouse Mill nearby. The next tributary is the Pow Beck. The Wampool continues northwards through Gamelsby, which has another mill. At Biglands, it is joined by Bampton Beck, and continues to Wampool farm and grange.

Estuary

The Wampool flows northwards towards Angerton, where it bends westwards. From this point, it runs parallel to the River Eden, demarcating the Bowness

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. It then joins the River Waver to form Moricambe Bay and flows past

Anthorn Anthorn (pronounced ) is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the Wampool estuary, about west of Carlisle. It is the location of the Anthorn radio station, bro ...

into the

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. For much of its length the river forms the boundary between the parishes of Woodside to the west and

and Aikton to the east and north.

References

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