West Beck is the common name given to the upper section of the old River Hull, as it rises in the foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds.

[10] The main route was made further north using Frodingham Beck, and then a new canal from Fisholme through Wansford to Driffield, but the act included navigation to Corpslanding.

[10] The village of Hutton Cranswick created a wharf at Corpslanding, and this has now become the upper legal limit of navigation on the waterway.

Mulberry Whin offers over a mile of double bank chalk stream fishing on a day ticket basis.

[12] The entire headwaters are designated as an SSSI on account of the chalk base, water quality and plant life.