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{{Short description|River in Durham and Northumberland, England}} {{Redirect|Derwenthaugh|the disused railway station|Derwenthaugh railway station|the coking plant replaced by Derwenthaugh Park|Derwenthaugh Coke Works}} {{For|other rivers called Derwent|River Derwent (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|article|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox river | name = River Derwent | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = River Derwent - geograph.org.uk - 1529420.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Derwent near [[Allensford]] | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Northumberland | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth within Tyne and Wear <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[United Kingdom]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = {{flag|Northumberland}}<br/>{{flag|County Durham}} | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = | mouth_location = [[River Tyne]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|54.9635|-1.6794|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''River Derwent''' is a [[river]] which flows between the historic county boundaries of [[County of Durham|Durham]] and [[Northumberland]] in the north east of England. It broadens into the [[Derwent Reservoir (North East England)|Derwent Reservoir]], west of [[Consett]]. The Derwent is a [[tributary]] of the [[River Tyne]], which it joins at Derwenthaugh near [[Gateshead]]. [[File:Disused Weir, River Derwent - geograph.org.uk - 630403.jpg|thumb|Disused Weir, River Derwent, just south west of Shotley Bridge. The building behind is an old pump house.]] [[File:Footbridge over the River Derwent - geograph.org.uk - 630570.jpg|thumb|Footbridge over the River Derwent just south west of Shotley Bridge]] The river flows for 35 miles from its origin, where two streams, [[Beldon Burn]] and Nookton Burn meet approximately a mile west of [[Blanchland]], to Derwenthaugh where it flows into the [[River Tyne]] (the confluence is between [[Blaydon]] and the [[MetroCentre (shopping centre)|MetroCentre]] complex). On its journey, the River Derwent flows through places such as [[Allensford]], [[Shotley Bridge]], [[Blackhall Mill]] and [[Rowlands Gill]]. The [[Derwent Park (Rowlands Gill)|Derwent Walk Country Park]] at Rowlands Gill<ref>{{cite web |title=Derwent Walk Country Park and Derwenthaugh Park |url=https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/4393/Derwent-Walk-Country-Park-and-Derwenthaugh-Park |website=Gateshead Council}}</ref> is named after the river. The name Derwent comes from the [[Brythonic languages|Brythonic]]/[[Welsh language|Early Welsh]] word for oak ''derw'' and valley ''-went''.<ref>alternatively water ''dour / der/ dar '' and white ''(g)-went''. See under DUR http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Misc/Etymology.html</ref> The [[Muggleswick]]-born writer, [[John Carr (writer, born 1722)|John Carr]], wrote a 40 verse poem "Ode to the River Derwent".<ref>{{cite book |title=The Bishoprick Garland; Or, A Collection of Legends, Songs, Ballads, &c. Belonging to the County of Durham |date=1843 |publisher=Nichols, and Baldwin & Cradock |edition=europeanlibraries |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_F_EVAAAAYAAJ |pages=43β48}}</ref> River Derwent flows next to the [[Gibside]] estate. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * [http://swalwellonline.co.uk/Swalwell_Photographs_1.htm Derwent Photographs] * [http://bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/intro2.html Bridges On The Derwent] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Derwent}} [[Category:Rivers of County Durham]] [[Category:Rivers of Northumberland]] [[Category:Rivers of Tyne and Wear]] [[Category:Tyne catchment|1Derwent]] {{Durham-geo-stub}} {{Northumberland-geo-stub}} {{England-river-stub}}
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