The Duddon is a river of north-west England. It rises at a point 1,289 feet (393 m) above sea level near the Three Shire Stone at the highest point of Wrynose Pass (grid reference NY277028). The river descends to the sea over a course of about 15 miles (24 km) before entering the Irish Sea at the Duddon Sands. In total, from source to the westernmost part of Duddon Sands, its length is 43 kilometres (27 mi). For its entire length the Duddon forms the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Cumberland and since local government re-organisation in 1974 the Duddon has been in the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
The catchment area of the River Duddon includes a substantial part of the south-western Lake District fells, including the eastern slopes of Corney Fell, Ulpha Fell and Harter Fell; the southern slopes of the mountains around the head of Langdale, and the western slopes of Dunnerdale and Seathwaite Fells.
A small waterfall upstream of Birks Bridge
From its source the Duddon falls rapidly over a distance of two miles (3.2 km) to Cockley Beck at the head of Dunnerdale. Close to the hamlet of Seathwaite the Tarn Beck from Seathwaite Tarn is subsumed. The river then takes a south-westerly direction to Ulpha Bridge. Passing under the Duddon Valley road, the river assumes a southerly course to Duddon Bridge where it is crossed by the A595 trunk road. After about a mile (1.6 km) the Duddon becomes tidal as it opens into the Duddon Estuary between Furness and south-west Cumberland.
The Duddon is a river of north-west England. It rises at a point 1,289 feet (393 m) above sea level near the Three Shire Stone at the highest point of...
The Duddon Valley is a valley in the southern Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The RiverDuddon flows through the valley, rising in the...
The Duddon Estuary is the sandy, gritty estuary of the RiverDuddon that lies between Morecambe Bay and the North Lonsdale coast. The RiverDuddon and...
head. The peninsula is bordered by the estuaries of the RiverDuddon to the west and the River Leven in Morecambe Bay to the east. The wider region of...
South. Walney Island formed during the last glacial period, when the RiverDuddon was a large glacial lake, depositing till at its mouth, which became...
part of Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve. The River Lazy flows through Haverigg and joins the estuary of the RiverDuddon here. Haverigg is 31.9 miles (51.3 km)...
Miscellaneous Sonnets; The RiverDuddon. A Series of Sonnets 1820 Sole listener, Duddon! to the breeze that played (VI) 1820 "Sole listener, Duddon! to the breeze...
West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm (WoDS), occasionally also known as West Duddon Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south...
is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the RiverDuddon in southernmost Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside...
Whillan Beck (R) Minor coastal catchment River Annas (MS) Duddon catchment RiverDuddon (MS) Kirkby Pool (L) River Lickle (L) Minor Coastal catchment Mill...
near Broughton-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is on the west side of the RiverDuddon in the parish of Millom and formerly in Cumberland. The furnace was originally...
Beck to the top of Helvellyn ridge at Wrynose Pass and along the River Duddon (near Millom) to the sea . The highest point of the county is Scafell Pike...
pass in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England between the Duddon Valley and Little Langdale. The unusual name of the pass is taken from that...
new subject matter, frequently in sequences. From his series on the RiverDuddon sprang reflections on any number of regional natural features; his travel...
Duddon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Duddon and Burton, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the...
the unified series of 33 sonnets in "The RiverDuddon" (1820), which follows the moorland course of the river down to the sea. Transcending the limitations...
reforms in 2023 it became part of Westmorland and Furness. The nearby RiverDuddon estuary and surrounding countryside have made the area well known for...
"Within King's College Chapel, Cambridge" "Valedictory Sonnet to the RiverDuddon" "Composed at Neidpath Castle, the Property of Lord Queensbury" "Admonition...
District. It is a satellite of Crinkle Crags and stands above the Upper Duddon Valley. When travelling clockwise, Crinkle Crags is the last of the high...
of the Guide attached to a book of sonnets he had written about the RiverDuddon. He explained his reasoning as follows: This Essay, which was published...
Whyte novel, The Fort at River's Bend. The fort also features in ‘’Spain 1937’’ by W H Auden; as well as in the 17th RiverDuddon sonnet by Wordsworth, where...
The parish is to the north of the town of Millom in the valley of the RiverDuddon. It is now almost completely rural, but in the past has been the site...
Hardknott Pass Copeland Little Stand (as Stonesty Gill) RiverDuddon (at foot of Hardknott Pass) RiverDuddon The Ordnance Survey calls the valley Mosedale on...
Birks Bridge is a traditional stone-built bridge over the RiverDuddon in the English Lake District, in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Cumbria, standing at...
mountains, rivers and valleys have Norse names, as attested by the abundance of the elements fell, -ay and dale (Mickledore, Scafell, Rothay, Duddon, Langsleddale...
for abandoning the Duddon crossing to Kirkby Ireleth, the line instead turning back on itself to follow the west bank of the Duddon estuary upstream to...
William Wordsworth: The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth The RiverDuddon Maria Gowen Brooks, published anonymously "By a lover of the Fine Arts"...
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