The River Coquet runs through the Alnwick district of the County of Northumberland, England, discharging into the North Sea on the east coast of England at Amble. Warkworth Castle is built in a loop of the Coquet. Alwinton is a village in Northumberland, England. ... Harbottle is a rural village in Northumberland county, England. ... Sharperton is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. ... Holystone is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. ... Thropton is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. ... Rothbury is a town in Northumberland, England, located on the River Coquet near the Simonside Hills and the Northumberland National Park. ... Cragside is a country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, England. ... Statistics Population: est. ... Guyzance is a small place in Northumberland, England. ... Warkworth village and church, viewed from the northeast Warkworth is a village in the county of Northumberland. ... Amble is a town in Northumberland, England. ... Alwnick is a local government district in Northumberland, England. ... Northumberland is a county in northern England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Amble is a town in Northumberland, England. ... West face of the Keep of Warkworth Castle Plan of the keep. ...

The river, about 40 miles in length, rises in the Cheviot Hills and follows a course generally easterly, but greatly winding. It passes Harbottle, near which relics of the Stone Age are seen, and Holystone, where it is recorded that Bishop Paulinus baptized a great body of Northumbrians in the year 627. Several earthworks crown hills above this part of the valley and at Cartington, Fosson and Whitton are relics of medieval border fortifications. The small town of Rothbury is beautifully situated beneath the rugged Simonside Hills. The river dashes through a narrow gully called the Thrum, and then passes Brinkburn Priory, of which the fine Transitional Norman church was restored to use in 1858, while there are fragments of the monastic buildings. This was an Augustinian foundation of the time of Henry I. A short distance below this the Coquet has its mouth in Alnmouth Bay, with the small port of Amble on the south bank, and Coquet Island a mile out to sea. The river is frequented by sportsmen for salmon and trout fishing. No important tributary is received, and the drainage area does not exceed 240 m².nine tributaries join the river at intervals,the only river that joins to it is usway burn. The Cheviot Hills are a range of rolling hills straddling the England/Scotland border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. ... Holystone is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. ... Saint Paulinus, (?-October 10, 644), was the first bishop of York. ... Cartington is a village in Northumberland, in England. ... Rothbury is a town in Northumberland, England, located on the River Coquet near the Simonside Hills and the Northumberland National Park. ... The Simonside hills are a hill range, in Northumberland, England near the town of Rothbury. ... Brinkburn Priory lies on a bend of the River Coquet, some four miles east of Rothbury, Northumberland. ... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... Henry I (circa 1068 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and the first born in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. ... Coquet Island is a small island of about 6 ha, situated 1. ...

See also

• Rivers of the United Kingdom

This is a list of rivers of Great Britain. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.