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 fields of narcissus.

Tributaries of the River Welland:

• Eye Brook
• Pinchbeck Counter Drain
• River Chater
• River Glen
• River Gwash
• River Ketton
• Surfleet Counter Drain

See also

• Rivers of the United Kingdom
• Welland for alternate meanings