Ouseburn

Ouseburn
Ouseburn and Barrage
Country	United Kingdom
County	Tyne and Wear
Mouth
- location	River Tyne
- coordinates	54°58′15″N 1°35′18″W / 54.9708°N 1.5883°W / 54.9708; -1.5883Coordinates: 54°58′15″N 1°35′18″W / 54.9708°N 1.5883°W / 54.9708; -1.5883
Location of mouth within Tyne and Wear

The Ouseburn is a small river in Tyne and Wear, England that flows through the city of Newcastle upon Tyne into the River Tyne. It gives its name to the Ouseburn electoral ward.

The Ouseburn has its source at Callerton in the north of the city near Newcastle Airport. It then flows through the Kingston Park area of the city, Newcastle Great Park, Gosforth Park and Whitebridge Park. The Ouseburn then continues through Paddy Freeman's Park in South Gosforth and into Jesmond Dene, Armstrong Park and Heaton Park, where it marks the boundary between Heaton and Sandyford. The river then flows through a culvert before re-emerging under Ouseburn railway viaduct, whence it flows past the City Farm, Seven Stories and the Toffee Factory and meets the River Tyne.

The river was previously tidal from the Viaduct, revealing dark mud at low tide. However, since 2009 a tidal barrage at the river mouth retains high water in the Ouseburn at low tide, with the objective of providing a more pleasant environment alongside its banks at low tide, thus promoting development. Despite the expense of its construction, the Ouseburn barrage has had operational problems and was left open for a length of time while they were corrected.

The lower Ouseburn Valley, whilst heavily industrialised in the past, serves as of 2013^[update] as a hub for the arts and creative industries, and has a lively pub scene, noted for live music and real ale.