Everything about River Brathay totally explained
The Brathay is a river of north-west
England. Its name comes from
Old Norse and means
broad river. It rises at a point 1289 feet (393 m) above
sea level near the
Three Shire Stone at the highest point of
Wrynose Pass in the
Lake District. Its catchment area includes the northern flanks of
Wetherlam,
Great Carrs and others of the
Furness Fells, as well as a substantial area of the
Langdale Fells.
The small stream at the top of Wrynose quickly gathers pace as it descends some 930 feet (283 m) in a distance of about two miles (3.2 km), running roughly
parallel to, and south of, the Wrynose Pass road. Before flowing into
Little Langdale Tarn it subsumes the outflow from
Blea Tarn. Little Langdale Tarn is also replenished by the
Greenburn Beck. The Brathay drains Little Langdale Tarn at its eastern side. It continues in an easterly direction, over
Colwith Force where it falls 40 feet (12 m), before turning north and flowing into the tarn of
Elterwater at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m) above sea level. Elterwater is also replenished by the
Great Langdale Beck.
The Brathay drains Elterwater and flows for about half a mile (0.8 km) in a south-easterly direction to
Skelwith Force where it descends 15
feet (4.6 m). Passing under the
A593 road at
Skelwith Bridge, and continues in an easterly direction, to the hamlet of
Clappersgate. After another quarter of a mile (400 m) it joins the
River Rothay close to Croft Lodge south-west of
Ambleside before flowing into the northern end of
Windermere.
The stretches of the Brathay around Clappersgate and Skelwith Force are popular
with
canoeists (External Link
).
For its entire length the River Brathay forms part of the boundary between the
historic counties of
Lancashire and
Westmorland. Since local government re-organisation in
1974 the Brathay has been within the
administrative county of
Cumbria.
The river also gives its name to Brathay Hall and
Brathay exploration group, both of which are based just south of its confluence with the
River Rothay on the edge of
Windermere.
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