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Ouseburn (river)

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About the Ouseburn

The Ouseburn is a tributary to the River Tyne. Its source is at Callerton, near Newcastle Airport. It flows through Kingston Park, Newcastle Great Park, Gosforth Park, Paddy Freeman's Park in South Gosforth and into Jesmond Dene, Armstrong Park and then Heaton Park. After this a culvert takes the river underground before coming out under Byker Bridge and through Ousburn Valley where it meets the River Tyne.

The Ouseburn is a small river in Tyne and Wear, England that flows through the city of Newcastle upon Tyne into the River Tyne. It gives its name to the Ouseburn electoral ward.

The Ouseburn has its source at Callerton in the north of the city near Newcastle Airport. It then flows through the Kingston Park area of the city, Newcastle Great Park, Gosforth Park and Whitebridge Park. The Ouseburn then continues through Paddy Freeman's Park in South Gosforth and into Jesmond Dene, Armstrong Park and Heaton Park, where it marks the boundary between Heaton and Sandyford. The river then flows through a culvert before re-emerging under Ouseburn railway viaduct, whence it flows past the City Farm, Seven Stories and the Toffee Factory and meets the River Tyne.

The river was previously tidal from the Viaduct, revealing dark mud at low tide. However, since 2009 a tidal barrage at the river mouth retains high water in the Ouseburn at low tide, with the objective of providing a more pleasant environment alongside its banks at low tide, thus promoting development. Despite the expense of its construction, the Ouseburn barrage has had operational problems and was left open for a length of time while they were corrected.

The lower Ouseburn Valley, whilst heavily industrialised in the past, serves as a hub for the arts and creative industries, and has a lively pub scene, noted for live music and real ale.

In Roman times the lower Ouseburn Valley was crossed by Hadrian's Wall, but there are now no visible traces to be seen. On the eastern side of the valley there is an information board with an artist's impression of the Wall crossing the valley. This section of the Wall was the later extension from the Roman fort of Pons Aelius (Newcastle) to that of Segedunum (Wallsend).

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054107:Ouseburn Viaduct Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1960

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003986:Ouseburn Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1920

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046465:Ouseburn Viaduct Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1910

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714529:Glasshouse Bridge Unknown c. 1890

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058347:The Tyne at the Mouth of the Ouseburn

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003362:Glasshouse Bridges Byker 1906

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054125:Ouseburn Viaduct Newcastle upon Tyne J. W. Carmichael early 1840s

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049448:Jesmond Vale during the floods of 1903 Unknown 1903

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037540:Maling Street Byker Dept of Environmental Health c.1935

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050505:Byker Metro Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne City Engineers 1986

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