Rapid below Westgate bridge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Rapid below Westgate bridge by Andy Waddington as part of the Geograph project.
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Rapid below Westgate bridge
Image: © Andy Waddington Taken: 8 Nov 2009
In any but the very highest flows, the River Wear is paddled through the right arch of Westgate bridge, and the current then sets against the right hand bank, so paddlers need to ferry back into the middle of the river to take this little drop somewhere in the centre. After this, the river relaxes a little, with nothing more than shingle rapids for some distance.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.737249
Longitude
-2.142231