 The source of the beck is on Lambrigg Fell at () between Kendal and Sedbergh where it is known as the Killington Beck.About from its source it is dammed and forms the Killington Reservoir or Killington Lake.The Lancaster Canal were empowered by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1807 to deviate from their original route, and to extract water from Farleton Beck, Stainton Beck and Crooklands Beck (later called Peasey Beck), rather than the River Mint.