Stanley Ghyll Force

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Stanley Ghyll Force
Cumberland
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River: Stanley Ghyll
Fall: 150 feet
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Co-ordinates: 54°23’3"N, 3°16’23"W

Stanley Ghyll Force is reckoned one of the most beautiful of the waterfalls of the Lake District. It is on the Stanley Ghyll (otherwise known as Birker Beck) in Cumberland. The fall is also known as Stanley Force.

The fall takes the beck down from its upper waters on the slopes of Birker Fell, towards Eskdale: the waters, caught in a narrow, rocky ravine, tumble 150 feet, first over several smaller cascades, then a single plunge sixty feet down into a broad, deep pool in a verdant setting, with rhodedendrons clinging to the overhanging rocks.

The fall is half a mile above the point where the beck enters the River Esk.

The force is on National Park Access Land, and may be reached either from the car park at the Dalegarth Station of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, or the nearer National Trust car park.[1]

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References

  1. [ http://www.walkingenglishman.com/lakeswaterfalls.html Complete Guide to Lake District - the Best Waterfalls] – The Walking Englishman