The River Waring is a small river

River

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 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England

England

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, and a tributary

Tributary

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 of the River Bain

River Bain

The River Bain is a river in Lincolnshire, England, and a tributary of the River Witham.The Bain rises in the Lincolnshire Wolds at Ludford, a village on The Viking Way long-distance footpath, and flows through or past the villages of Burgh on Bain, Biscathorpe, Donington on Bain, Goulceby with...

. The Waring rises in the parish

Civil parish

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 of Belchford

Belchford

Belchford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 11 km north of Horncastle and just to the east of the A153 road...

 and runs through Belchford village

Village

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, passing between the villages of Fulletby

Fulletby

Fulletby is a village and a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, northeast of Horncastle, south of Louth and northwest of Spilsby. The parish covers about .- History :...

, West Ashby

West Ashby

West Ashby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about a mile north of the market town of Horncastle. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 252....

 and Low Toynton

Low Toynton

Low Toynton is a hamlet and civil parish about north east of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. It sits in the Lincolnshire Wolds a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....

 before arriving at Horncastle, where it divides Horncastle market

Market

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 place from the part of the town

Town

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 known as Cagthorpe

Cagthorpe

Cagthorpe is suburb of the town of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, south of and separated from the historic town centre by the re-aligned River Waring and the A158 . It is accessible by vehicle only from The Wong and Hopton Street...

. After the Horncastle flood

Flood

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s of the 1960s, the river channel

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 was straightened and its banks built up through the town. It joins the River Bain along with the Thunker Drain or Scrafield Beck at the confluence

Confluence (geography)

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 by the town's swimming pool

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, which was built on the site of the old dry dock

Dry dock

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 of the Horncastle Canal

Horncastle Canal

The Horncastle Canal was a broad canal which ran 11 miles from the River Witham to Horncastle in Lincolnshire, England, through twelve locks largely following the course of River Bain...

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