River Till, Northumberland

River Till
River Till near Heatherslaw, Etal
River Till, Northumberland is located in Northumberland
River Till, Northumberland
Location of the mouth within Northumberland
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
CountyNorthumberland
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
55°40′49″N 2°12′30″W / 55.6802°N 2.2082°W / 55.6802; -2.2082

The River Till is a river of north-eastern Northumberland. It is a tributary of the River Tweed, of which it is the only major tributary to flow wholly in England. Upstream of the locality of Bewick Bridge, 8.5 km to the southeast of Wooler[1] the river is known as the River Breamish. It rises on Comb Fell in the Cheviot Hills.

Its tributaries include Wooler Water, which originates in the Cheviots, and the River Glen in Glendale. It meets the Tweed a mile to the west of Twizell Bridge, 4 km downstream of Coldstream. According to local folklore:

Tweed said to Till
"What gars ye rin sae stil?"
Says Till to Tweed,
"Though ye rin wi' speed
And I rin slaw
Whar ye droon yin man
I droon twa"

Recent environmental projects have included an attempt to conserve the native brown trout.

Tweed tributaries
  1. ^ "Northumberland (Old Series) XXV.7 Revised: 1896, Published: 1897". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 5 December 2021.