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^ / v^/ va/g-uaa/ Ze*PS o b ° P \ n & f+ local environment agency plan WITHAM LEAP JULY 2000 NATIONAL LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICE ANGLIAN REGION Kingfisher House, Goldhay Way, Orton Goldhay, ▼ Peterborough PE2 SZR T En v ir o n m e n t Ag e n c y T KEY FACTS AND STATISTICS Total Area: 3,224 km2 Population: 347673 Environment Agency Offices: Anglian Region (Northern Area) Lincolnshire Sub-Office Waterside House, Lincoln Manby Tel: (01522) 513100 Tel: (01507) 328102 County Councils: Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire District Councils: West Lindsey, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Kesteven, South Holland, Newark & Sherwood Borough Councils: Boston, Melton Unitary Authorities: Rutland Water Utility Companies: Anglian Water Services Ltd, Severn Trent Water Ltd Internal Drainage Boards: Upper Witham, Witham First, Witham Third, Witham Fourth, Black Sluice, Skegness Navigation Authorities: British Waterways (R.Witham) 65.4 km Port of Boston (Witham Haven) 10.6 km Length of Statutory Main River: 633 km Length of Tidal Defences: 22 km Length of Sea Defences: 20 km Length of Coarse Fishery: 374 km Length of Trout Fishery: 34 km Water Quality: Bioloqical Quality Grades 1999 Chemical Qualitv Grades 1999 Grade Length of River (km) Grade Length of River (km) "Very Good" 118.5 "Very Good" 11 "Good" 165.9 "Good" 111.6 "Fairly Good" 106.2 "Fairly Good" 142.8 "Fair" 8.4 "Fair" 83.2 "Poor" 0 "Poor" 50.4 "Bad" 0 "Bad" 0 Major Sewage Treatment Works: Lincoln, North Hykeham, Marston, Anwick, Boston, Sleaford Integrated Pollution Control Authorisation Sites: 14 Sites of Special Scientific Interest: 39 Sites of Nature Conservation Interest: 154 Nature Reserves: 12 Archaeological Sites: 199 Licensed Waste Management Facilities: La n d fill: 30 Metal Recycling Facilities: 16 Storage and Transfer Facilities: 35 Pet Crematoriums: 2 Boreholes: 1 Mobile Plants: 1 Water Resources: Mean Annual Rainfall: 596.7 mm Total Cross Licensed Abstraction: 111,507 ml/yr % Licensed from Groundwater = 32 % % Licensed from Surface Water = 68 % Total Gross Licensed Abstraction: Total no. -
A Walk from Church Minshull
A Walk to Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina photo courtesy of Bernie Stafford Aqueduct Marina, the starting point for this walk, was opened in February 2009. The marina has 147 berths, a shop and a café set in beautiful Cheshire countryside. With comprehensive facilities for moorers, visiting boaters and anyone needing to do, or have done, any work on their boat, the marina is an excellent starting point for exploring the Cheshire canal system. Starting and finishing at Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina, this walk takes in some of the prettiest local countryside as well as the picturesque village of Church Minshull and the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal. Some alternative routes are also included at the end to add variation to the walk which is about five or six miles, depending on the exact route taken. Built to join the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Chester Canal, the Middlewich Branch carried mainly coal, salt and goods to and from the potteries. Built quite late in the canal building era, like so many other canals, this canal wasn’t as successful as predicted. Today, however, it is a very busy canal providing an essential link between the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich and the Llangollen Canal as well as being part of the Four Counties Ring and linking to the popular Cheshire Ring boating route. The Route Leaving the marina, walk to the end of the drive and turn north (right) onto the B5074 Church Minshull road and walk to the canal bridge. Cross the canal and turn down the steps on the right onto the towpath, then walk back under the bridge, with the canal on your left. -
Waterway Dimensions
Generated by waterscape.com Dimension Data The data published in this documentis British Waterways’ estimate of the dimensions of our waterways based upon local knowledge and expertise. Whilst British Waterways anticipates that this data is reasonably accurate, we cannot guarantee its precision. Therefore, this data should only be used as a helpful guide and you should always use your own judgement taking into account local circumstances at any particular time. Aire & Calder Navigation Goole to Leeds Lock tail - Bulholme Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom - 6.3m 2.74m - - 20.67ft 8.99ft - Castleford Lock is limiting due to the curvature of the lock chamber. Goole to Leeds Lock tail - Castleford Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom 61m - - - 200.13ft - - - Heck Road Bridge is now lower than Stubbs Bridge (investigations underway), which was previously limiting. A height of 3.6m at Heck should be seen as maximum at the crown during normal water level. Goole to Leeds Lock tail - Heck Road Bridge Length Beam Draught Headroom - - - 3.71m - - - 12.17ft - 1 - Generated by waterscape.com Leeds Lock tail to River Lock tail - Leeds Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom - 5.5m 2.68m - - 18.04ft 8.79ft - Pleasure craft dimensions showing small lock being limiting unless by prior arrangement to access full lock giving an extra 43m. Leeds Lock tail to River Lock tail - Crown Point Bridge Length Beam Draught Headroom - - - 3.62m - - - 11.88ft Crown Point Bridge at summer levels Wakefield Branch - Broadreach Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom - 5.55m 2.7m - - 18.21ft 8.86ft - Pleasure craft dimensions showing small lock being limiting unless by prior arrangement to access full lock giving an extra 43m. -
Source 12 AW.Indd
Words Deborah Mulhearn Photographs Ian Lawson, Walter Menzies and courtesy British Waterways Cheshire’s beautiful and fascinating canals are at the forefront of the nation’s canal renaissance. Cheshire’s canals are perhaps the most diverse in the ago – to young and distinctly urban The Peak Forest Canal touches country. From the fascinating industrial heritage of the landlubbers are negotiating the locks. Boating Cheshire only briefl y, but has one of mighty Manchester Ship Canal, which cuts across the holiday companies are doing great business. its most spectacular features: the Northern edge of the county, to the dramatic Pennine The Cheshire Ring, a 97 mile long circular Marple Aqueduct and the fl ight of 16 scenery of the Macclesfi eld Canal in the east, and the route which is made up from parts of the locks that lift the canal 46m above serene beauty of the Llangollen Canal in the south-west Macclesfi eld Canal, the Peak Forest Canal, the Goyt Valley. The Trent & Mersey corner, they not only cover most of the county but also the Bridgewater Canal and the Trent & Mersey Canal, built to link the River Trent span the history of British canal building. Canal, has never been busier. and the River Mersey, was one of the Cheshire’s proximity to Liverpool and Manchester, “There’s a weird and wonderful mix of earliest canals to be completed, in the hub and heart of the industrial revolution, and to the features specifi c to Cheshire’s canals,” 1777. It runs for 92 miles and has River Mersey, meant that it was quickly criss-crossed explains Peter Birch of British Waterways even more locks – one section with by canals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. -
Cruising Routes
MaPs CaN Be BoUgHt At ThE MaRiNa, Cruising Routes Or OnLiNe FrOm AbCwEbChAnDlEr.CoM LlAnGoLlEn & ReTuRn ElLeSmErE PoRt & ReTuRn 7 Nights • Cruising Time Per day: 5.5 Hrs • Locks: 24 7 Nights • Cruising Time Per day: 6.5 Hrs • Locks: 48 • If you would like to travel to Llangollen, but were looking to • From Wrenbury you will travel up the Llangollen Canal to join the complete more locks, then start from Wrenbury Marina rather Shropshire Union Canal and travel up to the industrial town of than Whitchurch or Blackwater Meadow. Ellesmere Port. • The last locks before Llangollen are at New Marton, half way • Why not visit the Na�onal Waterways Museum which brings between Ellesmere and Chirk. together a unique fleet of historic boats and archives to tell the • From there on the canal clings to the hillside contours. An story of Britains canals and waterways? enchan�ng blend of aqueducts and tunnels will take you lock free through to Llangollen. ThE ChEsHiRe RiNg ThE FoUr CoUnTiEs RiNg 11-14 Nights • Cruising Time Per day: 6 Hrs • Locks: 137 • It is recommended to travel this ring clockwise, so heading up to 14 Nights • Cruising Time Per day: 6 Hrs • Locks: 132 Manchester. • Takes you along the wonderfully rural Staffordshire & • The ring takes in the whole of the Macclesfield Canal, parts of the Worcestershire Canal to Great Haywood Junc�on. Trent & Mersey, Bridgewater, Rochdale, Ashton and Peak Forest • Passing under a dis�nc�ve roving bridge, you join the Trent & Canals, providing a range of scenery. Mersey Canal heading north towards the Po�eries and Peak • Enjoy glorious scenery as the Macclesfield Canal skirts the edge District. -
The Floater Issue 7
THE FLOATER April 2016 Page 1 INSIDE: ● What happened to making money from C&RT friends? - Page 2 ● No more 3 month Issue 7 April 2016 The only paper for boaters produced by boaters licences - Page 3 Councils seek boat controls Across England local councillors are starting to gather new powers, or strengthen old ones, giving themselves a say in how boaters should behave on our canals and rivers - Peter Underwood has been checking out a power grab ocal councils appear are keeping a 48-hour visitor It says the marina will provide Lto have developed mooring period, with no return the authority with 'vital hostile attitudes towards for seven days on moorings income', and act as a 'catalyst boaters, with our two owned by Cambridge City for regeneration'. university cities and a Council. Boat owners say they have "Inconsiderate and sometimes the right to remain and are major London borough dangerous mooring has fighting the proposed marina using various legal caused a number of issues which they describe as an devices to drive out or with other river users," environmental catastrophe restrict the rights of according to one council man- likely to cost closer to £20m. boaters, sometimes ager. They have produced their own ignoring the navigation Most boaters agree plans for an alternative mari- authorities. Cambridge does not have na, which they say would be In Oxford the relationship enough visitor moorings, with more environmentally sustain- between boaters and the city the majority of boats wanting able and could be built for a council looks like being further to stay longer than 48 hours. -
Publangfordt1969p243.Pdf
The Distribution of Plecoptera and Ephemeroptera in a Lowland Region of Britain (Lincolnshire) by T. E. LANGFORD * & E. S. BRAY** Central Electricity Research Laboratories INTRODUCTION Most of the information concerning distribution and ecology of Plecoptera and Ephemeroptera in Britain, has come from studies of streams in hill and mountain regions, particularly Wales, (HYNES 1961), the English Lake District (See MACAN 1963 p. 20 for refs., GLEDHILL 1960), the Pennines (BROWN, CRAGG & CRISP 1964), Scotland (MORGAN & EGGLISHAW 1965a), and Dartmoor (ELLIOTT 1967). Very little attention has been paid to the distribution of these insects in lowland regions, though isolated records have been published (HARRIS 1952, HYNES 1958, MACAN 1961). From August 1961 to February 1968, regular biological surveys of streams, rivers and pools in Lincolnshire were carried out, mainly to investigate the natural distribution of invertebrate animals and to assess the effects of polluting discharges on the composition of the invertebrate communities. In these surveys 7 species of Plecoptera (Langford 1964), and 15 species of Ephemeroptera (LANGFORD 1965) were recorded. Of these 22 species, 19 were new records for the region . This paper describes the distribution and abundance of the species in relation to the topography and chemistry of Lincolnshire streams, rivers and pools, and the Plecoptera and Ephemeroptera faunas of the *Central Electricity Research Laboratories, Leatherhead, (Surrey) . **Cornwall River Authority Launceston, Cornwall . Received October 22th, 1968. 243 region are compared to those of the mountain regions . The topo- graphy and geology of Lincolnshire is described briefly . This paper is the first of a series dealing with the aquatic macro-invertebrate fauna of the region . -
Newssummer 2016
WILD TROUT TRUST SUMMER 2016 New s ANNUAL DRAW 2016 To be drawn at 7pm, Tuesday 13 December 2016 at The Thomas Lord, West Meon, Hants. Tickets are available via the enclosed order form or by visiting www.wildtrout.org. FIRST PRIZE Kindly donated by Sage, worth £749. A Sage One 8ft 6in, 4-piece, 4-weight Fly Rod. SECOND PRIZE Kindly donated by William Daniel and Famous Fishing, worth £460 . A day’s fishing for 3 rods on 1½ miles of the Lambourn at Weston, Monday to Thursday, before 15 July 2017. THIRD PRIZE Kindly donated by The Peacock at Rowsley and Haddon Fisheries, worth £400. One night’s accommodation in a large double/twin room for two people with three course dinner and buffet breakfast, plus two low-season tickets to fish the Derbyshire Wye. FOURTH PRIZE Kindly donated by Paul Kenyon Esq, worth £100 . WILD TROUT TRUST’S Wine Society six-bottle case . FIFTH PRIZE ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER Kindly donated by Phoenix Lines worth £35. ON THE WYLYE STARTS A Phoenix Furled Tenkara line, plus two Phoenix Furled leaders. ON PAGE TWO NEWSLETTER AUCTION – £72,000! LOST enise Ashton reports on another as possible as buyers, donors or MEMBERS successful WTT annual auction. publicists. The catalogue of lots reflects DThe annual fundraising auction, held the huge range of trout fishing available, e have lost touch with the in March 2016, was again a tremendous as well as the breadth of our support- following members as they success, raising just over £72,000. Our base across the UK and Ireland. -
River Witham the Source of the 8Th Longest River Wholly in England Is
River Witham The source of the 8th longest river wholly in England is just outside the county, Lincolnshire, through which it follows almost all of a 132km course to the sea, which is shown on the map which accompanies Table Wi1 at the end of the document. Three kilometres west of the village of South Witham, on a minor road called Fosse Lane, a sign points west over a stile to a nature reserve. There, the borders of 3 counties, Lincolnshire, Rutland and Leicestershire meet. The reserve is called Cribb’s Meadow, named for a famous prize fighter of the early 19th century; at first sight a bizarre choice at such a location, though there is a rational explanation. It was known as Thistleton Gap when Tom Cribb had a victory here in a world championship boxing match against an American, Tom Molineaux, on 28th September 1811; presumably it was the only time he was near the place, as he was a Bristolian who lived much of his life in London. The organisers of bare-knuckle fights favoured venues at such meeting points of counties, which were distant from centres of population; they aimed to confuse Justices of the Peace who had a duty to interrupt the illegal contests. Even if the responsible Justices managed to attend and intervene, a contest might be restarted nearby, by slipping over the border into a different jurisdiction. In this fight, which bore little resemblance to the largely sanitised boxing matches of today, it is certain that heavy blows were landed, blood was drawn, and money changed hands, before Cribb won in 11 rounds; a relatively short fight, as it had taken him over 30 rounds to beat the same opponent at the end of the previous year to win his title. -
Grantham Canal Including Restored Sections Restoration Sections Proposed New Route to River Trent
Cruising Map of the Grantham Canal including Restored Sections Restoration Sections Proposed New Route to River Trent Route 19M3 Map IssueIssue 117 88 Notes 1. The information is believed to be correct at the time of publication but changes are frequently made on the waterways and you should check before relying on this information. 2. We do not update the maps for short term changes such as winter lock closures for maintenance. 3. The information is provides “as is” and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and liabilities in relation to the Information to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use. TTRENTRENT 0055 NNOTOT 0055 GGRANRAN 0011 TTRENTR 04 ENT 04 NNOTOT 0044 M 6 Castastlele Locock 1.3.33m3m (4'4"4'4") Nottinghamam 10 WWilfilford Street Briiddge Canalanal M 9 Fooootbriiddge M CCaarrinrington StStrereet Bridridge 7 M 4 Pipe Bridge 1100 WWilford Toll Bridge Trraam Brrididge 6 Trent Stretreet Bridridge 5 4A FoFootbridge ilfor Railway Bridge d T RRailwayai Bridge Statiioon Strreeet Bridridge 2 3 London RoRoad Bridge ol lwa l Br RRaaiilwlway Briiddge 1C y Bridge FFoooottbriddgge idg QQuueen’s Rooaad BBrriiddge 1B Briidgedge e 20.6K 12.8M 4L 0B 5.0H 1A Cattletle Market RoRoad BrBridge Nottinnghagham 1 Meadow Lanene BriBridge RRiveriver R CCaananal 1D Meadow Lanane Bridge TTrent S rent 1E TuTurrnney Quay Bridridge T E Fllooodgate -
NCA Profile 47 Southern Lincolnshire Edge
National Character 47. Southern Lincolnshire Edge Area profile: Supporting documents www.naturalengland.org.uk 1 National Character 47. Southern Lincolnshire Edge Area profile: Supporting documents Introduction National Character Areas map As part of Natural England’s responsibilities as set out in the Natural Environment White Paper,1 Biodiversity 20202 and the European Landscape Convention,3 we are revising profiles for England’s 159 National Character Areas North (NCAs). These are areas that share similar landscape characteristics, and which East follow natural lines in the landscape rather than administrative boundaries, making them a good decision-making framework for the natural environment. Yorkshire & The North Humber NCA profiles are guidance documents which can help communities to inform West their decision-making about the places that they live in and care for. The information they contain will support the planning of conservation initiatives at a East landscape scale, inform the delivery of Nature Improvement Areas and encourage Midlands broader partnership working through Local Nature Partnerships. The profiles will West also help to inform choices about how land is managed and can change. Midlands East of Each profile includes a description of the natural and cultural features England that shape our landscapes, how the landscape has changed over time, the current key drivers for ongoing change, and a broad analysis of each London area’s characteristics and ecosystem services. Statements of Environmental South East Opportunity (SEOs) are suggested, which draw on this integrated information. South West The SEOs offer guidance on the critical issues, which could help to achieve sustainable growth and a more secure environmental future. -
1 the UNIVERSITY of LINCOLN the Behaviour and Ecology of Adult
THE UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN The behaviour and ecology of adult common bream Abramis brama (L.) in a heavily modified lowland river A Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Christopher John Gardner B.Sc. (Hons) September 2013 1 CONTENTS Publications and outputs 5 List of tables 6 List of figures 7 Acknowledgements 12 Abstract 13 1. Rivers, fish and human interventions 15 1.1 General introduction 15 1.2 Objectives 17 1.3 A ‘natural’ lowland riverine ecosystem 17 1.4 Anthropogenic impacts on lowland riverine ecosystems 18 1.5 Fish ecology and rivers 21 1.6 Common bream ecology 23 1.7 Studying spatio-temporal behaviour of fishes with telemetry techniques 29 1.8 Proposed study 33 2. The ecology of the lower River Witham 35 2.1 Objectives 35 2.2 The lower River Witham 35 2.2.1 Background 35 2.2.2 History 36 2.2.3 Catchment and land use 39 2.2.4 Water quality 39 2.2.5 Biological quality 40 2.2.6 Flow regime and flood events 41 2.2.7 Water level management 43 2.2.8 Trent-Witham-Ancholme water transfer scheme 43 2.2.9 Morphology 43 2.2.10 Habitat assessments 45 2.2.11 Barriers to fish migration 49 2.2.12 River uses 49 2.2.13 Conservation 49 2.2.14 Fishery assessments 50 2.2.15 Water Framework Directive classification 57 2.3 Discussion 57 2.3.1 Water quality 57 2.3.2 Biological quality 58 2.3.3 Habitat assessments 58 2.3.4 Fishery assessments 58 3.