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 |
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All Hallows Drain |
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4.4 |
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Horsington |
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Catchwater Drain, Stixwould |
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New River Ancholme |
River Ancholme |
27 |
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Bishopbridge |
6 |
South Ferriby, Humber estuary |
0 |
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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 The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. |
The old River Ancholme in Brigg
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Old River Ancholme |
River Ancholme |
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West Firsby |
37 |
South Ferriby, Humber estuary |
0 |
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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 The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. |
River Ancholme at Toft next Newton
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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 |
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Catchwater Drain |
Great Drain, Minting Beck |
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Great Sturton |
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River Witham, Stixwould |
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Crofts Drain |
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Woodhall Spa |
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Kirkstead Engine Drain, Kirkstead |
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Runs parallel to The Sewer |
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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 |
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Daubeney's Beck |
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Thimbleby |
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Monk's Drain, Poolham |
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Dorrington Dike |
Digby Dam |
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Dorrington |
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Billinghay Skirth, Billinghay |
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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 |
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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 |
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Foss Dyke |
Fossdyke |
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Brayford Pool, Lincoln |
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River Trent, Torksey |
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Roman Canal |
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River Freshney |
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Beelsby |
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North Sea, Grimsby Docks |
0 |
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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 |
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River Glen |
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Boothby Pagnall and Ropsley |
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River Welland, Surfleet |
0 |
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Splits into the East and West Glen Rivers |
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River Gwash |
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Knossington, Leicestershire |
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River Welland, Stamford |
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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 |
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Haltham Beck |
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Low Hammeringham |
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River Bain, Kirkby on Bain |
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Hemingby Beck |
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Asterby |
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River Bain, Hemingby |
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Humber estuary |
The Humber, River Humber |
62 |
24,240 |
Trent Falls |
0 |
North Sea |
0 |
250 |
1500 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Kirkstead Abbey Drain |
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Kirkstead |
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Kirkstead Engine Drain, Kirkstead |
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Kirkstead Engine Drain |
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Kirkstead |
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Kirkstead Mill Beck, Kirkstead |
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Runs parallel to River Witham. |
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Kirkstead Mill Beck |
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Kirkstead |
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River Witham, Kirkstead |
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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 |
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Long Eau |
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22.3 |
Legbourne |
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Great Eau, Theddlethorpe |
0 |
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River Lymn |
Steeping River, Wainfleet Relief Channel, Wainfleet Haven, Burgh Sluice Relief Channel |
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Belchford |
91 |
North Sea, Gibraltar Point |
0 |
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Thought to be the river written about in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Brook. |
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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 |
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Mill Drain |
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Tattershall Thorpe Parish |
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River Witham, Tattershall |
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Runs parallel to River Witham. |
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Miningsby Beck |
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Asgarby |
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Haltham Beck, Wood Enderby |
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Monk's Drain |
Poolham Beck |
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Thimbleby |
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Catchwater Drain, Stixwould |
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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 |
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Odd's Beck |
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Martin |
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Monk's Drain, Halstead |
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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 |
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9 |
42 |
Crowle |
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River Trent, Amcotts |
0 |
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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 |
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Reeds Beck |
Old Reeds Beck |
9.7 |
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Highhall Wood, Old Woodhall |
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Catchwater Drain, Stixwould |
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River Rase |
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25 |
67 |
Tealby |
118 |
River Ancholme, Bishopbridge |
4 |
0.48 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Vernatt's Drain |
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Pode Hole |
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River Welland, Surfleet |
0 |
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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 |
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Belchford |
100 |
River Bain, Horncastle |
29 |
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River Welland |
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105 |
1,580 |
Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire |
157 |
North Sea, The Wash, Fosdyke |
0 |
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Tidal below Spalding |
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West Ashby Beck |
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Farthorpe, West Ashby |
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River Bain, Furzehills |
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Wispington Beck |
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Baumber |
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Catchwater Drain, Bucknall |
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River Witham |
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132 |
3,817 |
South Witham |
130 |
North Sea
(The Wash)
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0 |
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The tidal stretch below Grand Sluice is known as The Haven. |
Grand Sluice, Boston. The point when the Witham becomes the tidal Haven.
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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 |
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