Trout Beck

{{Short description|Stream in Cumbria, England}} {{about|the beck which flows into Windermere|the tributary of the Glenderamackin|Trout Beck (Glenderamackin)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox river | name = Trout Beck | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = Trout Beck From Thresthwaite Mouth - geograph.org.uk - 694716.jpg | image_size = 300 | image_caption = Trout Beck from Thresthwaite Mouth | map = Trout Beck map.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Trout Beck, highlighted in orange, in [[OpenStreetMap]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption=  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[England]] | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = [[Cumbria]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = Villages | subdivision_name5 = [[Troutbeck, South Lakeland|Troutbeck]], [[Troutbeck Bridge]]  | length = {{convert|8.3|mi|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = [[Stony Cove Pike]] | source1_location = [[Cumbria]] | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|1970|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth = [[Windermere]] | mouth_location = Calgarth, Cumbria | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = {{convert|128|ft|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Trout Beck''' is a fast flowing [[stream]] of the [[Lake District]] in [[North West England]]. It is one of the main sources of replenishment for [[Windermere]], and is part of the [[River Leven, Cumbria|Leven]] catchment.<ref name=catch>{{cite web|title=Trout Beck|url=http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB112073071130|website=Catchment Data Explorer|publisher=Environment Agency |accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> Its name comes from [[Old Norse]] and appears in documents from 1292 as ''Trutebyk''. The river rises between the peaks of [[Stony Cove Pike]] and [[Thornthwaite Crag]] in the [[High Street (Lake District)|High Street]] range, at a height of about {{convert|1,970|ft|m}}.

Several tributaries flowing from the crags to the west of the High Street Roman road combine to form the young Trout Beck. The river descends rapidly, more or less in a southerly direction, through [[Troutbeck Park]] and to the west of [[Troutbeck Tongue]]. At a height of about {{convert|650|ft|m}} the [[Woundale Beck]], draining the eastern flanks of [[Broad End]] and [[Pike How]], is subsumed. The engorged Trout Beck then skirts Hird Wood on its eastern side before subsuming [[Hagg Gill]] at the {{convert|460|ft|m}} contour. This latter tributary drains the fells around the course of the old Roman road.

The river passes under Ing Bridge as it continues in a southerly direction down the Troutbeck valley through the tranquil fields of the valley bottom. The hamlets of Town Head and High Green are just to the west of the river as it enters Limefitt Park. On emerging from Limefitt the river is bridged by the [[A592 road|A592]] [[Kirkstone Pass]] road. [[Troutbeck, South Lakeland|Troutbeck]] village lies on the west side of the valley. Continuing through a narrow area of mixed woodland the river eventually reaches the [[A591 road]] at [[Troutbeck Bridge]] near the town of [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]]. After less than a mile (2 km) the river enters Windermere on its eastern shore at a point close to Calgarth Hall.

From its source the Trout Beck descends some {{convert|1,840|ft|m}} in a distance of about {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}}. The river is a [[trout]] fishery where [[brown trout]] can be caught. Anglers should enquire locally about licences (an [[Environment Agency]] Rod Licence is required).

The Trout Beck is wholly within the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Westmorland]], and since 1974, has also been in the [[administrative county]] of [[Cumbria]].

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Cumbria}}}} *[[Cunsey Beck]] *[[River Leven, Cumbria|River Leven]] *[[River Brathay]] *[[River Rothay]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rivers of Cumbria]] [[Category:Leven catchment|1Trout]] [[Category:Beck watercourses]]