River Burn, North Yorkshire

River Burn
Bourne
Burne (archaic)
A shallow river surrounded by fields and trees
River Burn near Masham
River Burn, North Yorkshire is located in North Yorkshire
River Burn, North Yorkshire
Location of river mouth
Location
United KingdomEngland
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLittle Haw
 • coordinates54°12′08.4″N 1°51′36.1″W / 54.202333°N 1.860028°W / 54.202333; -1.860028
 • elevation1,509 feet (460 m)
MouthRiver Ure
 • location
Masham
 • coordinates
54°12′46.9″N 1°38′51.4″W / 54.213028°N 1.647611°W / 54.213028; -1.647611
 • elevation
230 feet (70 m)
Length12 miles (19 km)
Basin size27 square miles (69.5 km2)
Basin features
River systemRiver Ure
Tributaries 
 • leftSlee House Gill
House Gill
Low Gill
Birk Gill Beck
How Gill
Gir Beck
Sinney Keld
Swinney Beck
 • rightSpruce Gill Beck
Pott Beck
Sole Beck
Eller Beck
Den Beck
WaterfallsHigh House Farm

The River Burn is a river that flows wholly within North Yorkshire, England. The river starts as several small streams on Masham Moor and drains Colsterdale flowing eastwards before emptying into the River Ure just south of Masham. Conservation work on removing a weir, and introducing fish to the river in 2016, has meant that salmon have been recorded spawning in the river for the first time in over 100 years.[1]

Whilst the River Burn valley is not in Nidderdale, almost all of it is included in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[2][3]

  1. ^ "River fishing". Swinton Estate. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ "38 River Burn Valley Farmland" (PDF). www.harrogate.gov.uk. Harrogate Borough Council. February 2004. p. 1. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ "6 Upper Colsterdale Valley | Harrogate Borough Council" (PDF). www.harrogate.gov.uk. February 2004. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2017.