List of waterways in Lincolnshire
Appearance
This is a list of waterways within the county of Lincolnshire.
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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All Hallows Drain | 4.4 | Horsington | Catchwater Drain, Stixwould | ||||||||
New River Ancholme | River Ancholme | 27 | Bishopbridge | 6 | South Ferriby, Humber estuary | 0 | The New River Ancholme is the artificial drainage channel. The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. | ||||
Old River Ancholme | River Ancholme | West Firsby | 37 | South Ferriby, Humber estuary | 0 | The New River Ancholme is the artificial drainage channel. The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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River Bain | Horncastle Canal, Horncastle Navigation, Old River Bain | Ludford | 130 | River Witham | 1 | ||||||
Barlings Eau | Cold Hanworth | River Witham, Short Ferry | 2 | ||||||||
Billinghay Skirth | Billinghay | River Witham, Tattershall Bridge | Formed by the confluence of other streams/drains | ||||||||
Blue Gowt Drain | Pode Hole | River Glen, Surfleet | |||||||||
Bourne Eau | Bourne | River Glen, Tongue End | |||||||||
River Brant | 23 | 138 | Gelston | 60 | River Witham, South Hykeham | 5 | |||||
Bucknall Beck | Bucknall | Engine Drain/River Witham, Southery |
C
[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Catchwater Drain | Great Drain, Minting Beck | Great Sturton | River Witham, Stixwould | ||||||||
Crofts Drain | Woodhall Spa | Kirkstead Engine Drain, Kirkstead | Runs parallel to The Sewer |
D
[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Daubeney's Beck | Thimbleby | Monk's Drain, Poolham | |||||||||
Dorrington Dike | Digby Dam | Dorrington | Billinghay Skirth, Billinghay |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Foss Dyke | Fossdyke | Brayford Pool, Lincoln | River Trent, Torksey | Roman Canal | |||||||
River Freshney | Beelsby | North Sea, Grimsby Docks | 0 |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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River Glen | Boothby Pagnall and Ropsley | River Welland, Surfleet | 0 | Splits into the East and West Glen Rivers | |||||||
River Gwash | Knossington, Leicestershire | River Welland, Stamford |
H
[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Haltham Beck | Low Hammeringham | River Bain, Kirkby on Bain | |||||||||
Hemingby Beck | Asterby | River Bain, Hemingby | |||||||||
Humber estuary | The Humber, River Humber | 62 | 24,240 | Trent Falls | 0 | North Sea | 0 | 250 | 1500 |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Kirkstead Abbey Drain | Kirkstead | Kirkstead Engine Drain, Kirkstead | |||||||||
Kirkstead Engine Drain | Kirkstead | Kirkstead Mill Beck, Kirkstead | Runs parallel to River Witham. | ||||||||
Kirkstead Mill Beck | Kirkstead | River Witham, Kirkstead |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Long Eau | 22.3 | Legbourne | Great Eau, Theddlethorpe | 0 | |||||||
River Lymn | Steeping River, Wainfleet Relief Channel, Wainfleet Haven, Burgh Sluice Relief Channel | Belchford | 91 | North Sea, Gibraltar Point | 0 | Thought to be the river written about in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Brook. |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Mill Drain | Tattershall Thorpe Parish | River Witham, Tattershall | Runs parallel to River Witham. | ||||||||
Miningsby Beck | Asgarby | Haltham Beck, Wood Enderby | |||||||||
Monk's Drain | Poolham Beck | Thimbleby | Catchwater Drain, Stixwould |
N
[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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River Nene | 161 | 1634 | Badby, Northamptonshire | North Sea, The Wash, Sutton Bridge | 0 | ||||||
New River | Crowland | River Welland, Little London, Spalding | |||||||||
North Forty Foot Drain | Lodowick's Drain | Chapel Hill | 0 | South Forty Foot Drain, Boston | 0 |
O
[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Odd's Beck | Martin | Monk's Drain, Halstead |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Pauper's Drain | 9 | 42 | Crowle | River Trent, Amcotts | 0 |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Reeds Beck | Old Reeds Beck | 9.7 | Highhall Wood, Old Woodhall | Catchwater Drain, Stixwould | |||||||
River Rase | 25 | 67 | Tealby | 118 | River Ancholme, Bishopbridge | 4 | 0.48 |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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The Sewer | Woodhall Sewer | 6.9 | Roughton | River Witham, Kirkstead | |||||||
River Slea | Kyme Eau, Slea Navigation | West Willoughby | 70 | River Witham, Chapel Hill | |||||||
South Forty Foot Drain | Black Sluice Navigation | Guthram Gowt | 0 | River Witham, Black Sluice, Boston | 0 | Completed in 1770. Below Sea Level. | |||||
Stainfield Beck | South Willingham | Barlings Eau, Stainfield | |||||||||
Stamford Canal | Stamford | River Welland | Canalised part of the River Welland. Dried up in parts. |
T
[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Thunker Drain | Greetham | River Waring, Horncastle | |||||||||
River Torne | Maltby, Yorkshire | River Trent, Keadby | 0 | ||||||||
River Trent | 298 | 10,435 | Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire | 275 | Humber estuary, Trent Falls | 0 | |||||
Tupholme Beck | Tupholme | Engine Drain/River Witham, Southery |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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Vernatt's Drain | Pode Hole | River Welland, Surfleet | 0 |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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River Waring | Belchford | 100 | River Bain, Horncastle | 29 | |||||||
River Welland | 105 | 1,580 | Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire | 157 | North Sea, The Wash, Fosdyke | 0 | Tidal below Spalding | ||||
West Ashby Beck | Farthorpe, West Ashby | River Bain, Furzehills | |||||||||
Wispington Beck | Baumber | Catchwater Drain, Bucknall | |||||||||
River Witham | 132 | 3,817 | South Witham | 130 | North Sea
(The Wash) |
0 | The tidal stretch below Grand Sluice is known as The Haven. |
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[edit]Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km2) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
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