The Mint starts life at Whelpside at the confluence of
Bannisdale Beck, running south-east from Bannisdale Head, and a smaller stream draining a group of small valleys from headwaters in The Forest, Combs Hollow and Mabbin Crag. The river runs south to Patton Bridge, picking up a series of smaller tributaries, before turning south west, continuing through the hamlet of Meal Bank. The Mint drains into the
River Kent between
Mintsfeet and
Kentrigg just north of Kendal. == References ==