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The Duddon is a river of north-west
England. It rises at a point 1289feet (393 m) above sea level near the
Three Shire Stone at the highest point of
Wrynose Pass . The river descends to the sea over a course of about 15 miles (24 km) before entering the
Irish Sea at the
Duddon Sands. For its entire length the Duddon forms the boundary between the
historic counties of
Lancashire and
Cumberland. Since local government re-organisation in 1974 the Duddon has been in the
non-metropolitan 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.
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's 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 poet
William Wordsworth wrote extensively of the Duddon, a river he knew and loved from his early years. His series of 34
sonnets was written during
1818 and
1819. They were published in
Miscellaneous Poems, Vol III in May
1820.
Sonnet I
» NOT envying shades which haply yet may throw
A grateful coolness round that rocky spring, » Blandusia, once responsive to the string
Of the Horatian lyre with babbling flow; » Careless of flowers that in perennial blow
Round the moist marge of Persian fountains cling; » Heedless of Alpine torrents thundering
Through icy portals radiant as heaven's bow; » I seek the birthplace of a native stream.
All hail, ye mountains! hail, thou morning light! » Better to breathe upon this aery height
Than pass in needless sleep from dream to dream: » pure flow the verse, pure, vigorous, free, and bright,
For Duddon, long-loved Duddon is my theme!
The River Duddon is a
salmon fishery. The section of the river downstream
from Seathwaite is popular with
canoeists and is graded as
3 with some easy 4. Many parts of the Duddon Valley are visited by tourists, but the location is outside the main tourist area of the Lake District. Consequently most of the visitors are day trippers who live locally.
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