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THE RIVERS OF NORTHEAST ENGLAND (North of the Trent drainage, east of the Pennines) |
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RIVER CALDER (Sowerby Bridge Whitewater Course) - a good training facility. RIVER DERWENT (Yorkshire Derwent, Howsham Weir) - playspot being maintained by YUCC. (photos) RIVER OUSE (Linton Weir) - A popular playspot. RIVER TEES (Barrage) - the artificial whitewater course. (photos) |
RIVER CALDER (Sowerby Bridge Whitewater Course to Brighouse) - grade 2 with weirs. RIVER COQUET - Bouncy grade 2. RIVER DEARNE (Darfield to Confluence with the River Don at Conisbrough) - South Yorkshire touring. RIVER DERWENT (County Durham Derwent) - easy whitewater in the northeast. RIVER DERWENT (Yorkshire Derwent, Breighton to Barmsby) RIVER DON - easy whitewater near Sheffield. RIVER DON (Doncaster Prison to Barnby Dun) - some interesting weirs. RIVER HULL (Rowing Club to Humber confluence) - a chance to relish the centre of Hull. RIVER SOUTH TYNE (Garrigill to Alston) - spate grade 2-3 paddling. RIVER SOUTH TYNE (Alston to Slaggyford) - a good spate trip. RIVER SOUTH TYNE (Slaggyford to Haltwhistle) - easy touring. RIVER SOUTH TYNE (Haydon Bridge to Hexham) - easier than the North Tyne. RIVER SWALE (Annerside Bridge to Grinton) - mellow touring in beautiful countryside. RIVER SWALE (Grinton to Richmond) - mellow touring in beautiful countryside. RIVER TEES (Below Low Force). RIVER TEES (Neasham to Over Dinsdale) - plenty of wildlife. RIVER WEAR (Bishop Auckland to Sunderland Bridge) RIVER WEAR (Sunderland Bridge to Durham) RIVER WEAR (Durham City to Finchale Priory) RIVER WEAR (Finchale Priory to Chester-le-Street) RIVER WHARFE (Hubberholme to Kettlewell) RIVER WHARFE (Grassington to Barden Bridge) - includes Appletreewick rapid. (photos) RIVER WHARFE (Bolton to Ilkley) WHORLTON BECK - blink and you'll miss it; a tiny fun tributary of the Tees. (photos) |
INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED WHITEWATER RIVERS RIVER ALLEN - a gem of the North-east. (photos) ASHGILL BECK - a tributary of the upper South Tyne. RIVER BALDER - tree ditch Tees trib. (photos) BLACK BROOK - an industrial adventure in West Yorkshire. (photos) CHIRDON BURN - a short section of waterfalls in the Kielder Forest. (photos) DEVILS WATER - the coolest named river in the NE. (photos) RIVER EAST ALLEN (Sinderdale Ford to Allendale Town) - an adventurous spate trip in Northumberland. LITTLE EGGLESHOPE BECK - as obscure as ditch paddling gets! (photos) EGGLESTON BURN - a spate River Tees tributary. (photos) RIVER ESK (Houlyke to Egton Bridge) - a varied spate stream on the North York Moors. EUDEN BECK - a small beck between Teesdale and Weardale. (photos) FLUSHIEMERE BECK - a rarely paddleable waterfall run near the upper Tees. (photos) RIVER GRETA (Tees Tributary) - if it's rained really hard... (photos) GREEN FIELD BECK (Source to Beckermond) - spate stream forming the Wharfe. HEBDEN WATER - West Yorkshire's best WW? ICKORNSHAW BECK - spate beck near Colne. KEX BECK - rarely runnable steep tributary of the Wharfe. RIVER NORTH TYNE - the home of the Tyne Tours. (photos) OSMOND CROFT BECK - short Tees 'rockslide' tributary. (photos) OUGHTERSHAW BECK - one of the sources of the Wharfe. PEN-Y-GHENT GILL - Great spate trib of the Skirfare. ROOKHOPE BURN - an unusual tributary of the Wear. (photos) RIVER SKIRFARE - a 'wire fence slalom' tributary of the Wharfe. RIVER SOUTH TYNE (Tynehead
to Garrigill) - spate paddling at the source.
RIVER TEES (High Force to Wynch Bridge) - the most spectacular put-in in the UK? (photos) RIVER TEES (Middleton in Teesdale to Barnard Castle) - including the 'racecourse' section. (photos) RIVER TEES (Barnard castle to Whorlton Falls) - including Abbey Rapids. (photos) RIVER TEES (Whorlton Falls to Winston Bridge) - addition to the classic section above. (photos) RIVER TILL (Etal Village to Twizel Village) - easy ww trip in Northumbria. RIVER URE (Aysgarth Falls to Wensley Bridge) - An easy trip with a few harder falls/ portages. RIVER URE (Hack Falls to West Tanfield) - a good spot for learning WW skills. (photos) RIVER WASHBURN - the saviour of the north in Summer! (photos) RIVER WEAR (Wear Head to Eastgate) - good grade 3 fun in spate. (photos) RIVER WEST ALLEN - a spate tributary of the Allen, near Hexham. (photos) RIVER WHARFE (above Hubberholme) - a scenic spate run. (photos) RIVER WHARFE (Kettlewell to Grassington) - A popular Yorkshire trip. (photos) RIVER WHARFE (Barden Bridge to Bolton Bridge) - including the 'Strid' rapid. (photos) |
RIVER SWALE (Hoggarth's Bridge to Muker) - a crunchy waterfall paddle. (photos) SWINDALE BECK - crunchy waterfall beck near Brough. (photos) RIVER TEES (Cauldron Snout) - it's going to hurt... (photos) |
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