The
River Welland is a
river in the east of
England, 56 km (35 m) long, and it has been a main waterway across the part of
The Fens called "South Holland" for thousands of years. It rises near
Market Harborough in
Leicestershire, then flows eastwards to
Spalding[?],
Cowbit[?],
Crowland,
Deeping St. James[?],
Market Deeping[?], then
Stamford[?] and
Ketton[?] and into
The Wash at
Fosdyke Bridge[?].
The river flows through rich, fertile arable land, also bulb fields of narcissus and daffodil.
Tributaries of the River Welland: