List of Waterways in Lincolnshire
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This is a list of Waterways within the county of Lincolnshire.
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Hallows Drain | 4.4 | Horsington | Catchwater Drain, Stixwould | ||||||||
| New River Ancholme | River Ancholme | 27 | Bishopbridge | 6 | South Ferriby, The Humber | 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 The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded.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, The Humber | 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 The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. |  Rive Ancholme at Toft next Newton | ||||
B
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Bain | Horncastle Canal, Horncastle Navigation, Old River Bain | Ludford | 130 | River Witham | 1 |  River Bain at Red Mill Bridge, Haltham | |||||
| 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 |  In Bourne | ||||||||
| River Brant | 23 | 138 | Gelston | 60 | River Witham, South Hykeham | 5 |  At Blackmoor Bridge | ||||
| Bucknall Beck | Bucknall | Engine Drain/River Witham, Southery | |||||||||
C
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catchwater Drain | Great Drain, Minting Beck | Great Sturton | River Witham, Stixwould |  Mouth at the River Witham | |||||||
| Crofts Drain | Woodhall Spa | Kirkstead Engine Drain, Kirkstead | Runs parallel to The Sewer | ||||||||
D
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daubeney's Beck | Thimbleby | Monk's Drain, Poolham | |||||||||
| Dorrington Dike | Digby Dam | Dorrington | Billinghay Skirth, Billinghay | ||||||||
E
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foss Dyke | Fossdyke | Brayford Pool, Lincoln | River Trent, Torksey | Roman Canal |  | ||||||
| River Freshney | Beelsby | North Sea, Grimsby Docks | 0 |  Alexandra Dock | |||||||
G
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Glen | Boothby Pagnall and Ropsley | River Welland, Surfleet | 0 | Splits into the East and West Glen Rivers |  Near Guthram Gowt | ||||||
| River Gwash | Knossington, Leicestershire | River Welland, Stamford |  At Belmesthorpe, Rutland | ||||||||
H
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haltham Beck | Low Hammeringham | River Bain, Kirkby on Bain |  | ||||||||
| Hemingby Beck | Asterby | River Bain, Hemingby | |||||||||
| River Humber | The Humber, Humber Estuary | 62 | 24,240 | Trent Falls | 0 | North Sea | 0 | 250 | 1500 | ||
I
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
L
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Eau | 22.3 | Legbourne | Great Eau, Theddlethorpe | 0 |  At Carlton Grange, Saltfleetby St Peter | ||||||
| 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. |  In the Lincolnshire Wolds | ||||
M
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Nene | 161 | 1634 | Badby, Northamptonshire | North Sea, The Wash, Sutton Bridge | 0 |  At Tycho Wing's Channel | |||||
| New River | Crowland | River Welland, Little London,Spalding |  | ||||||||
| North Forty Foot Drain | Lodowick's Drain | Chapel Hill | 0 | South Forty Foot Drain, Boston | 0 |  At Benton's Bridge | |||||
O
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd's Beck | Martin | Monk's Drain, Halstead | |||||||||
P
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauper's Drain | 9 | 42 | Crowle | River Trent, Amcotts | 0 |  | |||||
R
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  | |||
S
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sewer | Woodhall Sewer | 6.9 | Roughton | River Witham, Kirkstead | |||||||
| River Slea | Kyme Eau, Slea Navigation | West Willoughby | 70 | River Witham, Chapel Hill |  To the west of Sleaford. | ||||||
| South Forty Foot Drain | Black Sluice Navigation | Guthram Gowt | 0 | River Witham, Black Sluice, Boston | 0 | Completed in 1770. Below Sea Level. |  At Pointon | ||||
| Stainfield Beck | South Willingham | Barlings Eau, Stainfield |  | ||||||||
| Stamford Canal | Stamford | River Welland | Canalised part of the River Welland. Dried up in parts. |  Deeping St James High Locks | |||||||
T
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunker Drain | Greetham | River Waring, Horncastle | |||||||||
| River Torne | Maltby, Yorkshire | River Trent, Keadby | 0 |  | |||||||
| River Trent | 298 | 10,435 | Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire | 275 | River Humber, Trent Falls | 0 |  | ||||
| Tupholme Beck | Tupholme | Engine Drain/River Witham, Southery |  | ||||||||
U
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernatt's Drain | Pode Hole | River Welland, Surfleet | 0 |  | |||||||
W
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Waring | Belchford | 100 | River Bain, Horncastle | 29 |  Near Low Toynton | ||||||
| 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. | ||||
Y
| 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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