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Skeeby Beck

Beck watercoursesOuse catchmentRivers of North YorkshireSwaledaleUse British English from March 2023
Gilling Beck disappearing into rhododendron jungle geograph.org.uk 3380070
Gilling Beck disappearing into rhododendron jungle geograph.org.uk 3380070

Skeeby Beck is a small river flowing through Gilling West and Skeeby, near to Richmond, in North Yorkshire, England. Skeeby Beck drains the moorland to the north of Richmond and south of the A66 road, and flows in a south-easterly direction until it runs into the River Swale at Brompton-on-Swale. The Environment Agency designate the beck as a one river, even though it has four names along its length. Artificial modification of the beck to enable draining of surrounding fields has straightened the channel in its lower courses, and the bricking up of at least one arch on Gilling Bridge is thought exacerbate flooding when the area is subjected to high rainfall.

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N 54.393 ° E -1.674 °
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B6271
DL10 7HA , Brompton-on-Swale
England, United Kingdom
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