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Backside Beck and Spen Gill

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Backside Beck and Spen Gill is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Other SSSIs nearby include Langdale, Bowderdale and Carlin Gill, River Rawthey and Sally Beck and Murthwaite Park. The closest station is Kirkby Stephen, about 9.3 km to the north-east.

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