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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]
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]
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 ...
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.
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
River Eden: River Eden: Name is not shown on Ordnance Survey maps, but is sometimes used for the valley above Mosedale hamlet. [2] Mosedale Beck (Glenderamackin) Eden: Great Dodd: River Glenderamackin and thence River Greta: River Derwent: The Mosedale Viaduct carries the former Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, now a footpath, over ...
Wholesale costs in the United States picked up sharply last month, signaling that price pressures are still evident in the economy even though inflation has tumbled from the peak levels it hit ...