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Northumbria River Basin District

Information about Northumbria River Basin District

The Northumbria River Basin District (RBD) covers an area of 9,000 square kilometres and stretches from south of Middlesborough to Berwick-upon-Tweed in the far north of England.

It has a range of land use including:

  • bustling urban areas such as Newcastle and Gateshead
  • busy industrial areas such as Teeside
  • rolling farmland and the moorland of Northumberland National Park and the North Pennines.