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Little Town, Cumbria
Little Town is a hamlet in the civil parish of Above Derwent, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is in the Penrith and Solway constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament. Little Town is in the Lake District National Park. It is in the Newlands Valley, separated from Derwent Water to the east by the summit of Catbells. The hamlet is about 5+1⁄2 miles (9 kilometres) by road from Keswick.
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Keskadale Beck
Keskadale Beck is a minor river of Cumbria, England.
The beck rises at the confluence of High Hole Beck (which rises beneath Robinson Crags) and Moss Beck (from Buttermere Moss). From there, Keskadale Beck flows north east, picking up Dudmanscomb Gill (running north from Robinson). Ill Gill joins near Keskadale Farm.
The beck joins Newlands Beck opposite Little Town.
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Newlands Church
Newlands Church is a 16th-century church situated less than 500 metres west of the hamlet of Little Town, Cumbria, England in the Newlands Valley of the Lake District. Its exact date of origin is unknown, but a map of 1576 shows a "Newlande Chap." on the site.
The church exterior presents white-washed roughcast walls and a green slate roof; the interior displays two stained glass windows, a gallery, and a reading desk and a pulpit dated 1610. Tourists and hillwalkers visit on their way to the fells. The church is a Grade II listed building.
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Scope Beck
Scope Beck is a minor river in the county of Cumbria in England.
The beck runs through Little Dale, a valley between the mountains of Hindscarth (to the east) and Robinson, in a north north easterly direction.
The beck is fed by Deep Gill, which runs east from Burnt Crags, and two streams from Littledale Edge. Scope Beck itself surrenders its waters to Newlands Beck south of Chapel Bridge.