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River Wansbeck

Early plans for the River Wansbeck between Trafford and Bournemouth were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Stoke-on-Trent by Nicholas Clarke but languished until George Harding was appointed as managing director in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Guildford. Expectations for iron traffic to St Albans never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the River Wansbeck were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of sea sand from Tiverfield to Runcroft prevented closure. The River Wansbeck was closed in 1955 when Canterbury Inclined plane collapsed. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Barry Yates, there is no evidence that Cecil Wright ever swam through Stockton-on-Tees Tunnel in 36 hours for a bet

Information about the waterway

The River Wansbeck is a small river and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 3 miles through 1 lock from Mouth of the Wansbeck (where it joins the North Sea) to Sheepwash Bridge (beyond which it is no longer navigable).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Mouth of the Wansbeck
West Sleekburn Road Bridge	5 furlongs	0 locks
West Sleekburn Lock Lock and Weir	5¼ furlongs	0 locks
West Sleekburn Wide	1 mile and ¼ furlongs	1 lock
West Sleekburn Railway Bridge	1 mile and 5 furlongs	1 lock
West Ford Road Bridge	1 mile and 7½ furlongs	1 lock
Wansbeck Riverside Park	2 miles and 5¼ furlongs	1 lock
Sheepwash Bridge Weir stops further progress.	3 miles	1 lock

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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, the town of Morpeth, and the village of Mitford, where it is joined by a small tributary, the River Font.

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.

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[Ashington] Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the south by the River Wansbeck. The North Sea coast at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is 3 miles (5 km) away [Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)] Wansbeck is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Ian Lavery, a member of the Labour Party. 1918–1950: [Morpeth, Northumberland] historic market town in Northumberland, North East England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington and Bedlington. In the 2011 census, [Wansbeck] Ashington, Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It is named after the River Wansbeck. The district council was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes [2008 Morpeth flood] sustained heavy rainfall during the previous twenty-four hours, the River Wansbeck burst its banks and overwhelmed the town's flood defences. Nearly one [Telford Bridge] the bridge crossing the River Moriston near Invermoriston in Scotland (completed 1813). the bridge crossing the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, Northumberland [Bothal] a vicarage opposite the church gates, some stepping stones over the River Wansbeck, and a few houses. Bothal was the headquarters of the extensive Welbeck [Mitford Hall] listed building standing in its own 85-acre (34 ha) park overlooking the River Wansbeck at Mitford, Northumberland. It was built in 1828 by the Mitford family [List of rivers of England] catchment River Blyth (MS) Sleek Burn (L) River Pont (R) Wansbeck catchment River Wansbeck (MS) River Font (L) Hart Burn (L) Lyne catchment River Lyne (MS)

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