Liddel Water is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

running through southern

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and northern

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, for much of its course forming the border between the two countries, and was formerly one of the boundaries of the

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. Liddel Water's source is beneath

Peel Fell Peel Fell is the highest hill in the Kielder Forest region of England, making it the highest hill for several miles in each direction until the Cheviot Hills to the north-east are reached. Because of this, it has enough relative height to make ...

Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh () is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the northwest, and Berwickshire to the north. T ...

, in the

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, where it is formed by the confluence of Caddroun Burn, Wormscleuch Burn and Peel Burn (burn is the Scots term for a stream). Soon afterwards, the nascent Liddel Water is fed by Dawston Burn near the village of Saughtree. The river continues to pick up tributaries (listed below) as it follows its southwesterly course, which takes it through the village of

Newcastleton Newcastleton, also called Copshaw Holm, is a village in Liddesdale, the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the border with England, on the Liddel Water. It is within the Counties of Scotland, county of Roxburghshire. It is the site of Hermitag ...

(also known as ''Copshaw Holm'') to that of

Kershopefoot Kershopefoot is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, traditionally in Cumberland. It is located very close to the Scotland-England border and is near the Kershope Burn and the Liddel Water. Kershopefoot is most well known for its lodge house ...

, where the burn begins to mark the

Anglo-Scottish border The Anglo-Scottish border runs for between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west, separating Scotland and England. The Firth of Forth was the border between the Picto- Gaelic Kingdom of Alba and the Angli ...

. Liddel Water then flows into the River Esk at Willow Pool, overlooked by the earthworks of the former castle of

Liddel Strength Liddel Strength is an ancient monument near Carwinley, Cumbria, in northwest England. It consists of the earthwork remains of an Anglo-Norman border fortification (the seat of the barony of Liddel) destroyed by the Scots in 1346 (a wooden motte ...

near Carwinley,

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Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - EVIA ET ESCIA - Eskdale

Earthworks and Liddel Strength - geograph

Tributaries

*Peel Burn *Wormscleuch Burn *Caddroun Burn **Wane Cleuch **Singdean Burn *Dawston Burn **Cooper Cleuch **Alison Sike **Cliffhope Burn *Kiln Burn (at

Burnmouth Burnmouth is a small fishing village located adjacent to the A1 road on the east coast of Scotland. It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing the border with England. Burnmouth is located in the Parish of Ayton, in the ...

Farm) *Riccarton Burn (at Riccarton Farm) * Larriston Burn (at Hewisbridge Cottage) **Storff Burn **Little Warrington Sike ***Bught Sike **Holm Sikes *Boghall Burn (at Dinlabyre) *Riever Sike (at Ovenshank) *

Hermitage Water The Hermitage Water is a river in Liddesdale, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Among its many feeder burns are Braidley Burn, Dinley Burn, Gorrenberry Burn and Twislehope Burn. The Water flows through the hamlets of Dinley and Gorrenberr ...

(near

Sandholm Sandholm is an estate in the parish of Blovstrød, Allerød Municipality some 30 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. History The Sandholm estate traces its history back to 1653 when Captain Christian Vendelboe constructed a house at the site. ...

) **Hartsgarth Burn ***Routing Burn **Thief Sike **Paddington Sike **Toftholm Sike **Roughley Burn ***Watt's Burn ***Roughley Sike ***Laidlehope Burn ***Leys Burn ** Whitrope Burn ***Pirryshiel Sike ***Sundhope Burn ****Black Cleuch ****Windy Cleuch **Dinley Burn **Braidley Burn ***Tongue Burn ***Barley Burn ***Crib Burn ** Gorrenberry Burn **Billhope Burn ***Langtae Sike **Chapel Grain ***Caulker Grain **Twislehope Burn *Ryedale Burn (near Brox) **Ralton Burn ***Burnt Burn ***Rigging Sike *Black Burn (opposite Whithaugh) **Bedda Cleuch **Branch Cleuch **Hog Gill **Long Gill ***Rough Gill *Priesthill Burn (at Whithaugh) *Tweeden Burn (at Tweeden Plantation) **Deep Sike *Tinnis Burn (opposite Kershopefoot) **Todhunter Grain **Black Grain **Green Burn * Kershope Burn (at

) **Clark's Sike *Muir Burn (near Bankhead) **Rae Gill *Whitlawside Burn (near Whitlawside) *Archer Beck (near Crookholm) **Mid Cleuch *Rowan Burn (at Rowanburnfoot)

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Tributaries

See also

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