Claim: River Annas is formed at the Kinmont Beck and Crookley Beck meet on the eastern edge of the village of Bootle and the combined waters flow southwest towards Annaside on the Irish Sea coast.
Evidence: It is formed as the Kinmont Beck and Crookley Beck which drain the southwestern fells of the Lake District, meet on the eastern edge of the village of Bootle. Their combined waters flow southwest towards Annaside on the Irish Sea coast.