River Coquet
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The River Coquet runs through the county of Northumberland, England, discharging into the North Sea on the east coast at Amble. It rises in the Cheviot Hills on the border between England and Scotland
River Coquet near Rothbury
Warkworth fish pass was refurbished in 2013 after 20 years of dereliction
The estuary of the River Coquet in Amble
John Smeaton's weir at Guyzance fed an iron and tin works when first built.
Warkworth Castle
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Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east
River Coquet
…works for Warkworth Water Treatment Works, which supplies drinking water to some 92,000 customers in the region. Below the dam the river is tidal, and Warkworth Castle is built in a loop of the Coquet. The river reaches the sea at Warkworth Harbour in Amble, where there is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat…
The castle's enclosure and keep
Warkworth Castle's gatehouse (left) dates mostly from the 13th century.
The keep was built by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.
J. M. W. Turner painted Warkworth Castle in 1799. The ruins were attracting tourists as early as the mid 18th century.