Swindale Beck (Dufton)

{{Short description|Stream in Cumbria, England}}

{{For|other Swindale Becks|Swindale Beck (disambiguation){{!}}Swindale Beck}}

File:The Pennine Way near Swindale Beck - geograph.org.uk - 7297496.jpg following and crossing Swindale Beck, upstream from the listed packhorse bridge]]

Swindale Beck is an upland stream in Cumbria, England, which for much of its length forms the boundary between the civil parishes of Long Marton and Dufton in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area.{{cite web |title=Long Marton [map] |url=https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/62409.html |website=mapit.mysociety.org |publisher=MapIt |access-date=5 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=Dufton [map] |url=https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/55575.html |website=mapit.mysociety.org |publisher=MapIt |access-date=5 March 2025}} It rises south of Knock Fell and flows into the Trout Beck at Long Marton to feed the River Eden.{{cite web|url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB102076070960|title=Swindale Beck nr Dufton|website=Environment Agency}} The eastern area of its catchment falls within the Appleby Fells which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1005796.pdf|title=Appleby Fells|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=5 March 2025}} It is crossed by a grade II listed packhorse bridge north east of Knock Pike.{{NHLE | num=1144944 |desc=Packhorse Bridge to North East of Knock Pike |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=5 March 2025}} The Pennine Way crosses Swindale Beck on a footbridge, between Dufton and Knock Fell.{{cite book |last1=Dillon |first1=Paddy |title=The Pennine Way: From Edale to Kirk Yetholm |date=31 March 2017 |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-78362-476-8 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EdIkDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PT156&dq=Pennine%20way%20swindale%20beck&pg=PT156#v=onepage&q=Pennine%20way%20swindale%20beck&f=false |language=en |quote=Cross another stone step-stile to reach a stout footbridge crossing Swindale Beck}}