Bishopdale Beck
Bishopdale Beck is a major tributary of the River Ure in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The beck flows down rom the hills carving Bishopdale, a valley which at its foot joins Wensleydale, and discharges the Bishopdale Beck into the River Ure.
The whole course of the river is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The stream starts life at Causeway Moss, a flat pass that leads over to Wharfedale from Bishopdale. Small streams join the beck from the flanks of the surrounding hills; such as Buckden Pike, Naughtberry, Wasset Fell, Stake Moss, Thoralby Common & Stake Fell. The only large tributary that joins Bishopdale Beck is the River Walden (or Walden Beck).[1] Bishopdale Beck joins the River Ure at Froddle Dub, a mile east of Aysgarth Falls. It is approximately nine miles long from source to its confluence with the River Ure.
The Ure Salmon Trust have undertaken remedial and fencing works alongside Bishopdale Beck to prevent cattle trespass. This is maintain the hatchling areas for spawning Salmon and so the trust have installed solar powered water troughs in the fields adjacent to the beck.[2]
Location
- Location map: 54°17’26"N, 1°58’10"W
References
- ↑ "West Burton, Waldendale – Conservation Area Character Appraisal". 30 November 1999. p. 1. http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/lookingafter/caringfor/historicfeaturesbuildings/conservationareas_edit/?a=205892. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ure Salmon Trust". http://www.uresalmon.org.uk/bishopdale. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- Bishopdale Beck Restoration Project - Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
