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The River Greta is a river in Cumbria, England. It is a tributary of the River Derwent and flows through the town of Keswick. "Greta" derives from the Old Norse "Griótá", meaning "stony stream". [1] The name is in records dating from the early 13th century, and also appears in Latinised form, as "Gretagila", at the time of Magna Carta. [1]
Whit Beck is a tributary of the Glenderaterra, a stream which forms the eastern boundary of Lonscale Fell. This flows due south from Skiddaw Forest between the Skiddaw massif and Blencathra, before joining the River Greta and running on through Keswick. The eastern face of the fell above the Glenderaterra is a one-mile-long (1.6-kilometre ...
The company's £20 million sewer improvement scheme, begun in 2011, aims to improve water quality in the River Greta [8] and the lake itself. [9] The project will facilitate removal of greater quantities of phosphates. [10] Works to upgrade the wastewater treatment works and pumping station were begun in May 2010. [6]
Keswick's history throughout the 20th century was one of increasing reliance on tourism, the pencil industry being the second largest source of employment. The Cumberland Pencil Company, formed at the turn of the century, occupied a large factory near the River Greta on the road leading out of Keswick towards Cockermouth. [49]
The unnamed eastern stream joins Whit Beck and then flows into the River Greta, bound again for the Derwent via Keswick. The steep southern slopes are cloaked in the mixed woodland of Brundholme Wood and Whinny Brow, Latrigg's only crags being hidden in the trees.
It is a natural limestone bridge over the River Greta, just over 3 km upstream from the village of Bowes. The bridge was formed by a process of cave development in the limestone beneath the river bed and is the best example in Britain of a natural bridge formed in this way. The SSSI covers a portion of the river above and below the bridge where ...
For transport there is the A5271 road going past Great Crosthwaite and through Keswick town centre, the B5289 road nearby, the A591 road going south towards Kendal and Windermere and north towards Little Crosthwaite and Carlisle and the A66 road by-passing Keswick.
River Greta may refer to: River Greta, Cumbria, England; River Greta, Durham, England; River Greta (Lune), England; Greta River, New Zealand This page was last edited ...