# Warkworth Harbour (GB WKO)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB WKO  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 55.3333, -1.5833

Fish, not freight, defines Warkworth Harbour today: the Northumberland port at the mouth of the River Coquet now hosts seine-netters and traditional cobles rather than cargo ships. Amble grew in the 1800s as a coal-shipping point served by rail to the Northumberland coalfields, but with the last colliery (Ellington) closing in 2005 that trade ended entirely. The working quays — Broomhill for the fishing fleet and a 1988 fish dock for landings — sit alongside a leisure marina at the quieter Radcliffe Quay. With a cargo-pier depth around 1.8 m and no container cranes, customs handling for commercial consignments, or deep-water berths, the harbour cannot serve merchant shipping. Forwarders moving containers, breakbulk or bulk in north-east England should route via the Port of Tyne at Newcastle or the Port of Blyth nearby.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [London → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shanghai)
- [London → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shenzhen)
- [London → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-guangzhou)
- [London → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-hong-kong)
- [London → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-tokyo)
- [London → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-busan)

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