River Wiske

River Wiske Foulbroke (Foul Brook)
River Wiske close to its confluence with the River Swale
Location
Country	England
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Confluence of Stony Lane Beck and Carr Beck nr Ingleby Arncliffe
• coordinates	54°23′10″N 1°19′25″W / 54.38611°N 1.32361°W / 54.38611; -1.32361 (Source of River Wiske)
• elevation	69 metres (226 ft)
Mouth
• location	River Swale nr Kirby Wiske
• coordinates	54°14′38″N 1°26′19″W / 54.24389°N 1.43861°W / 54.24389; -1.43861 (Mouth of River Wiske)
• elevation	21 metres (69 ft)
Length	46.9 kilometres (29.1 mi)
Basin size	215.5 square kilometres (83.2 sq mi)

v t e River Wiske
Legend
Carr Beck Stony Lane Beck The Keld Baulk Bridge Rounton Stell East Rounton Bridge West Rounton Bridge Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line Wiske Railway Bridge Wellbury Stell Wiske Bridge Appleton Wiske A167 road Smeaton Bridge Birkby Bridge East Coast Main Line The Stell Wiske Bridge Danby Wiske Yafforth Bridge (B6271) Wensleydale Railway Willow Beck A684 road Howden Bridge Leeds–Northallerton Railway Howe Beck Otterington Bridge Spudling Dike Kirby Bridge Sike Stell Otterington Bridge River Swale River Swale

The River Wiske is a tributary of the River Swale in Yorkshire, England. The Wiske gives its name to several villages it passes through. The name Wiske is derived from an Old English word wisca meaning a water meadow.^[1] It was once known as the Foulbroke, a name for which some writers commented that it was well deserved.^[2]

The river was maintained by the River Wiske Internal Drainage Board, which was part of the Shires Group of IDBs.^[3] It is within the national character areas (NCAs) of the Vale of Mowbray and the Tees Lowlands.