page_title: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
section_title: Rivers
hierarchical_section_title: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire / Transport / Rivers
caption_attribution_description: English: River Trent, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.This view is northwards which is also the direction of flow of the river as it runs to join the Ouse to form the Humber. The tall buildings were originally warehouses fronting onto Bridge Street, and now renovated.
context_page_description: Gainsborough is a market town in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the town was 20,842 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the River Trent, 18 miles north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, 15 miles south-west of Scunthorpe, and 35 miles east of Sheffield. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland port in England, being more than 55 miles from the North Sea.
context_section_description: Gainsborough is claimed to be the British port furthest inland. It has had a long history of river shipping trade.
  There is still one wharf, but ships no longer navigate this far up river. Commercial shipping remains further down the river at Gunness Wharf, Grove Wharf and Flixborough Wharf, which has direct rail links. This leads to some to argue that Goole, (23.7 miles (38.1 km) to the north of the town, is now the most inland port in the UK.
  At the A631 Trent Bridge, there was previously a ferry across the Trent before 1787, a distance of 235 feet. The bridge was completed for £12,000 in the spring of 1791, but it meant that taller river traffic of the day could no longer go further upstream. Originally a toll bridge, it was bought by the Ministry of Transport, Lindsey County Council, Gainsborough Urban District and Nottinghamshire County Council for £130,000 in 1927 and declared toll-free on 31 March 1932.
caption: River Trent in Gainsborough, 2009
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