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River Humber

Information about the waterway

The River Humber is a seaway and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain. It runs for 39 miles from Trent Falls (where it joins the River Trent (tidal section - Keadby to Trent Falls) and the River Ouse : Yorkshire (tidal section - Goole to Trent Falls)) to Spurn Head (where it joins the North Sea).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 500 feet long and 30 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the River Hull (Main Line) at River Hull - Humber Junction; with the Louth Navigation at Humber - Louth Junction; with the River Ancholme (Main River) at Humber - Ancholme Junction and with the Market Weighton Canal at Humber - Market Weighton Junction.

Trent Falls Rivers Trent and Ouse (Yorkshire) merge to form the River Humber.
Trent Falls Main Channel Junction Junction of the main channel to the Market Weighton Canal arm	3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Humber - Market Weighton Junction Junction of the River Humber with the Market Weighton Canal	1 mile and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Broomfleet	2 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Whitton	4 miles	0 locks
Brough and Winteringham Havan On northern and southern banks respectively	5 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
Humber - Ancholme Junction Junction of the River Humber and the River Ancholme	8 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
North Ferriby	9 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
South Ferriby	9 miles and 7¼ furlongs	0 locks
Chalderness	10 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Humber Bridge	12 miles	0 locks
Barton-upon-Humber	12 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
New Holland	15 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Albert Dock Entrance	16 miles and 7 furlongs	0 locks
Hull Marina Entrance	16 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
River Hull - Humber Junction Kingston-upon-Hull	17 miles	0 locks
Queen Alexandra Dock Entrance	18 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
King George and Queen Elizabeth Docks Entrance	19 miles and ¼ furlongs	0 locks
Paull Northeastern shore	20 miles and 5¼ furlongs	0 locks
Port of Killingholme Southwestern shore	24 miles	0 locks
Port of Immingham Southwestern shore	26 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Humber - Louth Junction Junction of the River Humber with the Louth Navigation	37 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Spurn Head River Humber joins the North Sea	39 miles	0 locks

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Navigational Notes

External websites

Port of KILLINGHOLME — associated with Port of Killingholme: Port details
Hull Docks map — associated with Queen Alexandra Dock Entrance: Map
UK Commercial Ports Directory — associated with Queen Alexandra Dock Entrance: Hull
Associated British Ports — associated with Queen Alexandra Dock Entrance: Port details
Hull Docks map — associated with King George and Queen Elizabeth Docks Entrance: Map
UK Commercial Ports Directory — associated with King George and Queen Elizabeth Docks Entrance: Hull
Associated British Ports — associated with King George and Queen Elizabeth Docks Entrance: Port details
Associated British Ports — associated with Port of Immingham: port details
Faxfleet - Wikipedia — associated with Trent Falls: nearest habitation - north bank
Hull Marina — associated with Hull Marina Entrance: BWML moorings for leisure craft
Hull Docks map — associated with Albert Dock Entrance: Map
UK Commercial Ports Directory — associated with Albert Dock Entrance: Hull
Associated British Ports — associated with Albert Dock Entrance: Port details

Wikipedia

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The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank and North Lincolnshire on the south bank. Although the Humber is an estuary from the point at which it is formed, many maps show it, erroneously, as the River Humber.

Below Trent Falls, the Humber passes the junction with the Market Weighton Canal on the north shore, the confluence of the River Ancholme on the south shore; between North Ferriby and South Ferriby and under the Humber Bridge; between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Kingston upon Hull on the north bank (where the River Hull joins), then meets the North Sea between Cleethorpes on the Lincolnshire side and the long and thin headland of Spurn Head to the north.

Ports on the Humber include the Port of Hull, the Port of Grimsby and the Port of Immingham; there are lesser ports at New Holland and North Killingholme Haven. The estuary is navigable for the largest of deep-sea vessels. Inland connections for smaller craft are extensive but handle only a quarter of the goods traffic handled in the Thames.

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