Wallsend Burn

Mouth: Wallsend, North Tyneside

Source: Walkerville, North Tyneside

Length: 3.033km [1][2]

Catchment Area: 13.31km² [1]

Tributary Of: River Tyne

Etymology:  Named for Wallsend, itself being named for the end of Hadrian's Wall, hence the wall's end.

Regions:

• North East

Counties:

• Tyne and Wear (Ceremonial)

• Northumberland (Historical)

Quick Trivia:

• There originally was a drawbridge in the 19th century, as seen in old Willington Quay maps. [2]

• The river was originally much wider. [3]

• Removing culverts has been proposed. [4]

At the Newcastle-upon-Tyne-North Tyneside border in Walkerville is where the Wallsend Burn's source is at near West Street, where it flows by Richardson Dees Park, and culverts briefly before re-emerging and continues flowing at the outskirts of Wallsend, before flowing into the Willington Gut of the River Tyne, at its mouth.