River Dee, Yorkshire

The River Dee is a river running through the westernmost part of Yorkshire, in the West Riding. It is within the Craven region of the county.

The Dee rises at Dent Head Farm (beside the Dales Way) where it is formed from several smaller becks running off Blea Moor Moss. The Dee makes its way northward past Stone House to Cowgill, where it turns left into Dentdale. In Dentdale, it picks up the waters of Deepdale Beck, travelling north from Whernside before passing Dent and Gawthrop.

The river later passes Lenacre and Rash on its way to meeting the River Rawthey at Catholes, near the town of Sedbergh.

The old water mill at Rash Bridge is thought to have been an inspiration for the folk song 'The Jolly Miller of Dee'