River Lyne, Cumberland
The River Lyne is a river of Cumberland, and a tributary of the River Esk, which it joins a little above the rivermouth at the head of the Solway Firth.
The river is formed near the hamlet of Stapleton by the confluence of the Black Lyne (from the north) and the White Lyne (from northeast).
Both branches have sources in the remote north east of Cumberland in the Kershope Forest close to the bounds with Roxburghshire and Northumberland; the Black Lyne has its source at Blacklyne Common and the White Lyne at Whitelyne Common.
After the meeting of the waters, the river continues in a west-by-south-westerly direction to Lynefoot, where it flows into the Esk.
- map: 54°58’41"N, 3°0’10"W