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575:, who lived in the Esk valley and used the river as a basis for many of his books and films. Many of the angling locations on the Esk are privately owned, although the Millom Angling Association offers daily tickets for visitors at its sites on the Muncaster Castle Estate and Brant Rake.
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are perched above the valley sides. The main access to the valley is from the western end; however, there is also a steep pass with a motor road leading out of the valley to the east over
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The valley of the River Esk is notable in being one of few major valleys in the Lake
District not to have its own lake, although several
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attracting breeding birds and a profusion of flowers. The dunes are also the site of the
Eskmeals Range, a
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range of mountains at a height of 740 metres (2,430 ft), just below
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The Esk has a reputation as a very good fishing river; it offers fine
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The River Esk flows under Wha House Bridge in Upper
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OS Explorer: Map of The Lake District: South-western area
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lies on the riverbank. This serves the small village of
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The Esk is, in part, paralleled by the narrow-gauge
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465:on Eskmeals Viaduct before turning north to reach
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703:"A Survey of the History of English Placenames"
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679:The Origins Of English Place Names
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984:River Esk (Ravenglass)
965:Details fishing sites.
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573:Hugh Falkus
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994:Categories
688:071020728X
665:References
655:Cumberland
579:Topography
502:salt marsh
467:Ravenglass
444:River Mite
312:Border Esk
304:Ravenglass
243:54°20′17″N
226:Ravenglass
166:54°27′40″N
831:1 January
651:Muncaster
565:sea trout
471:Irish Sea
390:Great End
386:Esk Hause
327:Brythonic
284:River Esk
246:3°25′42″W
214:Irish Sea
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628:Esk Pike
624:Ill Crag
616:Sca Fell
469:and the
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382:Scafells
316:Scotland
300:Scafells
169:3°11′9″W
91:Location
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659:Cumbria
647:Eskdale
599:in the
561:angling
520:Ecology
514:Qinetiq
413:Eskdale
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308:Eskdale
296:England
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