# List of waterways in Lincolnshire

This is a list of waterways within the county of Lincolnshire.

## A

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Notes | Image |
| 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 The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. | The old River Ancholme in Brigg |
| 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 The Old River Ancholme is the natural water course, some of which has been completely superseded. | River Ancholme at Toft next Newton |

## B

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | 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 | | At Barlings Abbey |
| 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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |

## F

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Image |
| 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 | Humber Bridge |

## I

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |

## K

| Name | Source | Mouth | Notes |
| 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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/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) | Source | Mouth | Notes |
| 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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | 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 (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
| Odd's Beck | | | | Martin | | Monk's Drain, Halstead | | | | | |

## P

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
| Pauper's Drain | | 9 | 42 | Crowle | | River Trent, Amcotts | 0 | | | | |

## R

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/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) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | 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) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) |
| 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 | |

## U

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |

## V

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |
| Vernatt's Drain | | | | Pode Hole | | River Welland, Surfleet | 0 | | | | |

## W

| Name | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | 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 | Stamford |
| 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. | Grand Sluice, Boston. The point when the Witham becomes the tidal Haven. |

## Y

| Name | Alternative Name(s) | Length (km) | Basin (km$^2$) | Source | Source Elevation (m) | Mouth | Mouth Elevation (m) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (average) | Discharge at mouth m$^3$/s (maximum) | Notes | Image |