River Wansbeck
{{Short description|River in Northumberland, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
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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.
Road and rail river crossings
- North Seaton A189 Bridge, A189 (road, foot)
- North Seaton Railway Bridge (rail), used to carry Blyth and Tyne Railway now used for freight
- Stakeford Bridge, A196 (road, foot)
- Sheepwash Bridge, A1068 road (road, foot)
- Bothal Mill Bridge, A196 (road, foot)
- Pegswood Railway Viaduct, East Coast Main Line (rail)
- Morpeth Telford Bridge, A197 (road, foot)
- Lowford Bridge, B6343 (road, foot)
- Highford Bridge, B6343 (road, foot)
- A1 Bridge (road)
- Mitford Bridge, B6343 (road, foot)
- Meldon Bridge (road, foot)
- Mill House Bridge, B6343 (road, foot)
- Low Angerton Bridge (road, foot)
- Low Angerton Railway Bridge (disused), Used to carry the Wansbeck Railway
- Middleton Bridge, B6343 (road, foot)
- Wallington Bridge, B6342 (road, foot)
- Kirkwhelpington Bridge (road, foot)
- Kirkwhelpington A696 Bridge (road)
- Sweethope Loughs Road Bridge (road, foot){{Cite web|url=https://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/intro5.html|title=Bridges On The Wansbeck - Introduction|website=Bridgesonthetyne.co.uk|access-date=7 July 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://canalplan.org.uk/waterway/urwu Canal Plan AC Waterways Gazetteer]
- [http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/intro5.html Bridges On the Wansbeck]
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