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'''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 (Lake District)|Three Shire Stone]] at the highest point of [[Wrynose Pass]] ([[British national grid reference system|OS]] grid ref. NY 277028) 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]].▼
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[[File:River Brathay near Clappersgate - geograph.org.uk - 70102.jpg|right|thumb|The river near [[Clappersgate]] after heavy rain]]
[[File:Little Langdale Tarn and Blake Rigg.jpg|thumb|right|The river exiting Little Langdale Tarn]]
[[File:Colwith Force.jpg|thumb|Colwith Force]]
▲'''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 (Lake District)|Three Shire Stone]] at the highest point of [[Wrynose Pass]] ([[British national grid reference system{{gbmapping|OS]] grid ref. NY 277028NY277028}}) 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#Little Langdale Tarn|Little Langdale Tarn]] it subsumes [[Bleamoss Beck]], the outflow from [[Blea Tarn (Langdale)|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 [[ElterwaterElter Water]] at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m) above sea level. ElterwaterElter Water is also replenished by the [[Great Langdale Beck]].<ref name="WG">{{Cite news |last=Hodges |first=Maureen |title=Restoration project sees Great Langdale Beck reconnected to Elterwater|date=12 December 2021|work=Westmorland Gazette |url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/19727014.restoration-project-sees-great-langdale-beck-reconnected-elterwater/ |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref>
 
The Brathay drains ElterwaterElter Water and flows for about half a mile (0.8 &nbsp;km) in a south-easterly direction to [[Skelwith Force]] where it descends 15
feet (4.6 m). Passing under the [[A593 road]] road at [[Skelwith Bridge]], and continues in an easterly direction, to the riverhamlet of
continues in an easterly direction, passing over a [[weir]], 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 ColwithSkelwith Force are popular with [[canoeing|canoeists]].<ref>{{cite web|first1=Mark|last1= Rainsley|first2=Chris|last2=Hawkesworth|date= 14 September 2011|title=River Brathay|url=http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/brathay.htm|website=www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk|accessdate=24 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
with [[canoeing|canoeists]].
 
For its entire length the River Brathay forms part of the boundary between the
[[historicHistoric counties of countyEngland|historic counties]] of [[History of Lancashire|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 the [[Brathay Trust#Brathay Hall|Brathay estate]] where the [[Brathay Exploration Group]] is based, just south of its confluence with the [[River Rothay]] on the edge of [[Windermere]].
 
==See also==
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*[[Cunsey Beck]]
*[[River Leven, Cumbria|River Leven]]
*[[Trout Beck]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* Maddock, Robert (2018) {{YouTube|YiAZ1a_JxXY|Brathay Paddle}} – A canoe paddle up the Brathay River
 
 
[[Category:Rivers of Cumbria|Brathay, River]]
[[Category:Westmorland]]
[[Category:Leven catchment|1Brathay]]
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