The River Rase is a 16 mile (25 km) long tributary of the River Ancholme that flows through Lincolnshire, in the east of England.
River Rase near Middle Rasen
The River Ancholme is a river in Lincolnshire, England, and a tributary of the Humber.
It rises at Ancholme Head, a spring just north of the village of Ingham and immediately west of the Roman Road, Ermine Street. It flows east and then north to Bishopbridge west of Market Rasen, where it is joined by the Rase. North of there it flows through the market town of Brigg before draining into the Humber at South Ferriby. It drains a large part of northern Lincolnshire between the Trent and the North Sea.
The old River Ancholme in Brigg
Cadney Bridge, between Cadney and Hibaldstow is one of several iron bridges.
The Environment Agency were undertaking renovation work at Harlam Hill lock in 2008.
Redbourne Hayes is one of 12 pumping stations run by the Ancholme IDB which discharge into the river.