River Wansbeck | |
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![]() The River Wansbeck near Low Angerton | |
Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
County | Northumberland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | West of Sweethope Loughs |
• coordinates | 55°08′27″N 2°08′13″W / 55.1409°N 2.137°W |
• elevation | 295 m (968 ft) [1] |
Mouth | |
• location | North Sea |
• coordinates | 55°09′43″N 1°31′46″W / 55.1619°N 1.5294°W |
Length | 50 km (31 mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | River Font, Hart Burn |
The River Wansbeck runs through the county of Northumberland, England. It rises above Sweethope Lough on the edge of Fourlaws Forest in the area known locally as The Wanneys (Great Wanney Crag, Little Wanney Crag; thus the "Wanneys Beck"); runs through the town of Ashington before discharging into the North Sea at Sandy Bay near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
The River flows through the village of Kirkwhelpington, Hartburn, where the tributary Hart Burn joins, the village of Mitford, where the River Font joins, and the town of Morpeth.
The River Wansbeck is nicknamed the River Wanney. The term 'The Wilds of Wanney' is used by people of Tyneside to refer to the rural areas of Northumberland where the Wansbeck rises.
The River lent its name to the former Wansbeck district which was based in Ashington, and included Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Bedlington and Stakeford.
Between 1974 and 75, a £250,000 barrage [2] with a navigation lock was built near the rivermouth and adjacent to the A189 road bridge. [3] In so doing the lower three miles of river [4] became a country park [5] and are recognised as England's most northerly inland (locked) navigation. [6] Very little use of the lock has actually been recorded, although rowing and sailing craft are launched and used in the country park.
Stakeford Bridge [7] is about midway in the navigable part. Sheepwash Bridge [8] is near the upper limit of the park and the navigable water. [9]
From 1985, the new navigation was officially recorded in The Inland Waterways of Great Britain, noting that the navigation authority was then Wansbeck District Council, [10] which means that, since 2009, Northumberland County has held that role.
The thesis has a colour photo of the lock. The construction dates and details are sourced from the thesis
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River Wansbeck | |
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![]() The River Wansbeck near Low Angerton | |
Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
County | Northumberland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | West of Sweethope Loughs |
• coordinates | 55°08′27″N 2°08′13″W / 55.1409°N 2.137°W |
• elevation | 295 m (968 ft) [1] |
Mouth | |
• location | North Sea |
• coordinates | 55°09′43″N 1°31′46″W / 55.1619°N 1.5294°W |
Length | 50 km (31 mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | River Font, Hart Burn |
The River Wansbeck runs through the county of Northumberland, England. It rises above Sweethope Lough on the edge of Fourlaws Forest in the area known locally as The Wanneys (Great Wanney Crag, Little Wanney Crag; thus the "Wanneys Beck"); runs through the town of Ashington before discharging into the North Sea at Sandy Bay near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
The River flows through the village of Kirkwhelpington, Hartburn, where the tributary Hart Burn joins, the village of Mitford, where the River Font joins, and the town of Morpeth.
The River Wansbeck is nicknamed the River Wanney. The term 'The Wilds of Wanney' is used by people of Tyneside to refer to the rural areas of Northumberland where the Wansbeck rises.
The River lent its name to the former Wansbeck district which was based in Ashington, and included Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Bedlington and Stakeford.
Between 1974 and 75, a £250,000 barrage [2] with a navigation lock was built near the rivermouth and adjacent to the A189 road bridge. [3] In so doing the lower three miles of river [4] became a country park [5] and are recognised as England's most northerly inland (locked) navigation. [6] Very little use of the lock has actually been recorded, although rowing and sailing craft are launched and used in the country park.
Stakeford Bridge [7] is about midway in the navigable part. Sheepwash Bridge [8] is near the upper limit of the park and the navigable water. [9]
From 1985, the new navigation was officially recorded in The Inland Waterways of Great Britain, noting that the navigation authority was then Wansbeck District Council, [10] which means that, since 2009, Northumberland County has held that role.
The thesis has a colour photo of the lock. The construction dates and details are sourced from the thesis
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)