The River Waver is a river in
Cumbria,
England. The river rises at Wavergillhead (as Townthwaite Beck).
It is fed by the northwards flowing Thornthwaite Beck and Pow Gill either side of Bolton Wood Lane.
The "Little Waver", rising at Catlands Hill, joins at Waterside near Woodrow.
The river then takes a northward course via
Waverton and
Waverbridge
Waverbridge is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dundraw, right on the boundary with the civil parish of Waverton in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately two-and-three-quarter miles north-west of Wigton, three-and-three-quarter mi ...
, both of which are named for the river, before turning sharply westward at
Abbeytown. The river then goes north, running into
Moricambe Bay
Moricambe Bay is an inlet of the Solway Firth in Cumbria (before 1974 in Cumberland) in north west England, created by the confluence of two rivers, the Waver and Wampool. To the south is the town of Silloth, and to the north the Anthorn radio ...
, an
inlet
An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In marine geogra ...
of the
Solway Firth.
Waver, River
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