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==Points of interest== {{geoGroup}} {{PoIgb start|type=collapsed}} {{PoIgb|Source|52.7608|-0.6914|SK884189|}} {{PoIgb|South Witham bridge|52.7660|-0.6275|SK927195|}} {{PoIgb|A1 bridge, Colsterworth|52.8181|-0.6235|SK928254|}} {{PoIgb|A52 bridge, Grantham|52.9041|-0.6317|SK921349|}} {{PoIgb|Railway bridge, Barkston|52.9716|-0.6309|SK920424|}} {{PoIgb|Long Bennington bridge|52.9716|-0.6309|SK920424|}} {{PoIgb|A17 bridge, Beckingham|53.0764|-0.6967|SK874540|}} {{PoIgb|Haddington bridge|53.1545|-0.6278|SK918628|}} {{PoIgb|Jn with River Brant|53.1627|-0.5769|SK952637|}} {{PoIgb|Brayford Pool|53.2281|-0.5438|SK973711|}} {{PoIgb|Stamp End Lock, Lincoln|53.2280|-0.5296|SK982711|}} {{PoIgb|Bardney Lock|53.2164|-0.3483|TF103700|}} {{PoIgb|Jn with Horncastle Canal|53.0832|-0.1967|TF208555|canal derelict}} {{PoIgb|Jn with Sleaford Navigation|53.0695|-0.1961|TF209539|}} {{PoIgb|Jn with Witham Navigable Drains|53.0081|-0.0641|TF299473|}} {{PoIgb|Grand Sluice|52.9818|-0.0306|TF323445|Start of The Haven}} {{PoIgb|Jn with The Wash|52.9322|0.0768|TF396392|}} {{PoIgb end}} {{gallery |title=Brayford Pool and River Witham, the navigable route from Lincoln to Boston |File:Brayford pool.jpg|Brayford Pool: The junction of the navigable Witham with the Fossdyke |File:The Glory Hole - geograph.org.uk - 1062861.jpg|The medieval High Bridge in Lincoln, whose restricted air draft gives it the name The Glory Hole. |File:"Glory Hole" - geograph.org.uk - 577122.jpg |The downstream portal of the Glory Hole. |File:Stamp End Sluice - geograph.org.uk - 1320166.jpg|Stamp End Lock in Lincoln has a narrower gauge relative to Bardney Lock below. |File:Five Mile Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1718808.jpg|Five Mile Bridge, by [[Fiskerton, Lincolnshire|Fiskerton]] |File:Sustrans Sculpture milepost by witham-Geograph-827244-by-Ian-Paterson.jpg|[[Sustrans]] signpost on long distance cyclepath next to Witham, once the main railway line |File:Flooding as seen from the road bridge at Short Ferry - geograph.org.uk - 487264.jpg|Flooding at [[Short Ferry]] on the old course, July 2007 |File:River Witham - geograph.org.uk - 517562.jpg|Moorings on the River Witham by [[Bardney Lock]] |File:Both courses river witham bardney-Geograph-827344-by-Ian-Paterson.jpg|Both courses of the river at Bardney Lock |File:Sugar factory from bardney bridge-river witham-Geograph-1959552-by-Tom-Presland.jpg|Bardney sugar factory, once a major user of river water and rail transport. now closed |File:Stixwould River Witham geograph-3394458-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|Stixwold Ferry in 1967. Several of the railway stations had these chain ferries provided. |File:Southrey - geograph.org.uk - 110677.jpg|[[Southrey railway station|Former railway station]], [[Southrey]] |File:Sluice gate on the Kyme Eau - geograph.org.uk - 625610.jpg|Sluice gate for the [[Sleaford Navigation|Kyme Eau]], once the junction for the Sleaford canal |File:Day mooring-Southrey-Geograph-1279646-by-Ian-Paterson.jpg|Day mooring at Southrey |File:Boston rowing marathon-Stixwold-Geograph-978158-by-Richard-Croft.jpg|participants in the [[Boston Rowing Marathon]] near [[Stixwould]] |File:Tattershall bridges-Geograph-977315-by-Richard-Croft.jpg|Old & new bridges at [[Tattershall]] |File:Dogdyke engine scoopwheel-Geograph-579691-by-Chris-Allen.jpg|[[Scoop wheel]] of the [[Dogdyke Engine]]. Many land drains are pumped into the Witham. This is how it was once done. |File:The Hornblower, Dogdyke - geograph.org.uk - 430484.jpg|Riverside pub at [[Dogdyke]], junction with the [[Horncastle Canal]] |File:Langcrick bridge-Geograph-814942-by-Dave-Hitchborne.jpg|[[Langrick]] Bridge, which replaced a ferry once masted trading vessels no longer operated. |File:"Boston Stump" - geograph.org.uk - 3978.jpg| Boston |File:The Haven, Boston - geograph.org.uk - 709119.jpg|The Haven. Tidal waters below the Witham. }}
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