Scandale Beck arises in Lake District National Park on Bakestones Moss, west of Kirkstone Pass, and flows south for much of its length of six and a half kilometers.
It flows under High Sweden Bridge,[1] a 17th-century packhorse bridge, past High Sweden Coppice and Low Sweden Coppice, before turning west for a short distance north of Papermill Coppice, and turning south to join the River Rothay east of Ambleside. The Rothay flows only a short distance south before emptying into Windermere, the largest natural lake in England.[2]
High head hydroelectric proposal
In August 2011, Ellergreen Hydro Ltd proposed a 900 kW high head hydroelectric scheme for Scandale Beck.[3] Despite opposition for some quarters, for example, the Angling Trust,[4] planning permission for the development was granted in April 2012.[5]
Looking upstream on the River Rothay. On the right is the mouth of Scandale Beck, flowing off the Scandale fells.
^Ellergreen Hydro (August 2011). "Scandale Beck - 900kW, Cumbria". Ellergreen Hydro web site. Ellergreen Hydro. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
^Birkinshaw, Niel (11 October 2011). "Scandal on Scandale Beck". Anglers Trust - North West Blog. Anglers Trust - North West. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
