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The Breamish is a river in Northumberland, England which rises below Bloodybush Edge in the Northumberland National Park. It is one of the seven rivers rising in the Cheviot Hills, the others being the College Valley, the Harthope Burn, the Bowmont,the Heatherhope Burn, the Coquet and the Alwyn

There are two notable villages in the upper Breamish valley: Ingram and Linhope, both of which are in the Northumberland National Park[1]

The Breamish becomes the River Till near Wooler This is the only tributary of the River Tweed that flows exclusively in England

History

The Salters Road runs from the upper Breamish Valley across the Cheviots into Scotland. This was the historic pack-horse route for carrying salt from the coast into the Scottish borders [2]

Geography

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