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Cod Beck is a river in North Yorkshire, England. It has a catchment area of 209 km² (81 sq mi).

Cod Beck
Cod Beck Reservoir at sunrise
Location
Country	England
Counties	North Yorkshire
District	Hambleton
Physical characteristics
Mouth	River Swale, Yorkshire
• location	Leckby Grange, North Yorkshire
Discharge
• location	River Swale
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Oakdale Beck, Howl Beck, Broad Beck, Spital Beck, Whitelass Beck, Moor Stell, Paradise Beck, Willow Beck
• right	Great Pasture Beck

The river extends for 20 miles (32 km) from above Cod Beck Reservoir at Osmotherley on the edge of the North York Moors through Thirsk and on to join the River Swale at Topcliffe.[1]

Cod Beck has a long history of flooding Thirsk and a feasibility study completed in April 2005 recommended additional flood defences and upstream storage. In 2011, a proposed flood defence scheme in Thirsk was cancelled due to the Environment Agency having its budget cut by 41%.[2]

The name Cod Beck is a derivative of Cold Beck,[3] where beck is smaller than a river; the stream runs deep between banks, so is always fairly cool. Cod fish are not found in fresh water.

Settlements

from source

• Osmotherley
• Ellerbeck
• Foxton
• Kirby Sigston
• Thornton-le-Street
• North Kilvington
• South Kilvington
• Thirsk
• Sowerby
• Dalton

(Joins Swale)

References

External links

• Hambleton District Council page on Cod Beck.
• Cod Beck at Thirsk
• Wildlife News: Salmon return to North Yorkshire river.
• Photographs of Cod Beck flooding, 1999

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