River Breamish
The River Breamish is a river in Northumberland which rises on Comb Fell, in the Cheviot Hills on the southern side of The Cheviot. It is one of the eight rivers rising in the Cheviot Hills and forming sizable valleys in them, the other valleys being the College Burn (College Valley), the Harthope Burn (Harthope Valley), the Bowmont Water, the Kale Water, the Heatherhope Burn, the Coquet and the Alwyn.
There are two notable villages in the upper Breamish valley: Ingram and Linhope, both of which are in the Northumberland National Park.[1]
The Breamish becomes the River Till near Wooler; this is the only noteworthy tributary of the River Tweed that flows exclusively in Northumberland.
Historical interest
The Salters Road runs from the upper Breamish Valley across the Cheviots into Teviotdale. This was the historic pack-horse route for carrying salt from the coast into the Scotland.[2][3] On the hills above the Breamish Valley are many archaeological remains of earlier occupations, from Neolithic and Bronze Age burial sites to hillforts, farmsteads, field systems and deserted mediæval villages.
Geography
The headwaters of the Breamish are surrounded by hills over 2,000 feet sea level on The Cheviot, Hedgehope Hill, Comb Fell, Cushat Law and Bloodybush Edge.
The Linhope Spout, a 60-foot waterfall that falls into a 16-foot deep plunge pool, is located on the Linhope Burn, a tributary of the Breamish, half a mile north of Linhope village.