Pickering Beck

Pickering Beck
The Duchy Water (above Pickering)
Newtondale Stream
Fly Fishing in Pickering Beck
Location
CountryEngland
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Unitary authorityNorth Yorkshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationFen Bog
  coordinates54°21′53.5″N 0°41′58.7″W / 54.364861°N 0.699639°W / 54.364861; -0.699639
  elevation492 ft (150 m)
Mouth 
  location
Kirby Misperton
  coordinates
54°12′28.2″N 0°47′45.5″W / 54.207833°N 0.795972°W / 54.207833; -0.795972
  elevation
76 ft (23 m)
Length18.3 mi (29.5 km)
Basin size26.65 sq mi (69.0 km2)
Basin features
River systemRiver Derwent, Yorkshire
Tributaries 
  leftHavern Beck, Levisham Beck, Crossdale Spring, East Ings Drain, Tofts Drain
  rightNewtondale Spring, Yaul Sike, Sole Beck, Scarfhill Beck, Raindale Beck, Gundale Beck, Green Raygate Spring, Lendales Drain

Pickering Beck is a river that runs for over 18 miles (29 km) from its source in the North York Moors National Park through the town of Pickering and on to its confluence with Costa Beck at Kirby Misperton. It is a meandering river that is fed by numerous named and unnamed becks and streams which flow over sandstone and limestone beds and an alluvia of sand, clay silt and gravel. The beck is known for flooding and in recent times has been a beneficiary of funding and experimental flood protection schemes.