River Foulness

River Foulness
River Foulness near Seaton Ross 53°50′51″N 0°47′51″W / 53.84750°N 0.79750°W / 53.84750; -0.79750
Location
Country	England
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Shiptonthorpe
• coordinates	53°53′8″N 0°42′39″W / 53.88556°N 0.71083°W / 53.88556; -0.71083
• elevation	20 metres (66 ft)
Mouth
• location	Market Weighton Canal
• coordinates	53°46′56″N 0°42′57″W / 53.78222°N 0.71583°W / 53.78222; -0.71583
• elevation	1 metre (3.3 ft)
Length	15.85 miles (25.51 km)

v t e River Foulness
Legend
Source of River Foulness Clayfield Lane Bridge, Shiptonthorpe Shiptonthorpe East Beck A1079 Shipton Bridge Skelfrey Beck Harswell Bridge, Harswell Castle Eller Drain + Acre Drain Lowmath Drain/Black Dike Seaton Main Drain/Black Beck Council Drain Foulness Bridge (ex NE Rly) Wood Dike A163 Major Bridge Foss Dike Seller Dike Londesborough Drain Great Committee Drain Welham Bridge Welham New Bridge Dunn's Drain Featherbed Drain Carr Drain Hasholme Pumping Station Sod House Lock (derelict) Mouth of River Foulness Market Weighton Canal

The River Foulness is a river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its name is derived from Old English fūle[n] ēa, meaning “dirty water”.^[1] Maintenance responsibilities for the river transferred from the Environment Agency to the Market Weighton Drainage Board on 1 October 2011. Market Weighton Drainage Board subsequently amalgamated with the Lower Ouse Internal Drainage Board on 1 April 2012 to create the Ouse and Humber Drainage Board.^[2][3] The river discharges into the Humber Estuary via Market Weighton Canal. Water levels within the river, its tributaries and the canal are managed and controlled by the Environment Agency.^[4] The river lies in an area known as the Humberhead Levels.