[6] The most famous is the mill that still exists at Crakehall, which was renovated in 1980 and again in the new millennium and grinds corn on special open days.

[8] In the 18th century an attempt was made to make the beck navigable from Bedale to the River Swale.

[11] The plan also meant diverting the watercourse that flows past Floodbridge Farm and now joins Bedale Beck further downstream than previously.

In 1900 floodwaters undermined the trackbed of the railway line west of Bedale, causing a locomotive to derail and killing its fireman.

[12] Along with others that feed into the River Swale in Hambleton, Bedale Beck has been identified as having poor ecological quality [13] and having too much sediment entering the water, which damages the habitat for fish, raises phosphate levels and contributes to flooding.