The sluice on Vernatt's Drain, part of the Lincolnshire fens drainage scheme designed to stop farmland becoming permanently flooded. The sluice is at

---

The sluice on Vernatt's Drain, part of the Lincolnshire fens drainage scheme designed to stop farmland becoming permanently flooded. The sluice is at the point on Vernatt's Drain where it feeds into the River Welland near Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, a market town in the Lincolnshire fens.

---

Size: 5164px × 3384px
Photo credit: © MARK WILLIAMSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: arch., arched, arches, bridge, canal, creek, defence, drain, drainage, farmland, fen, fens, flood, flooding, lincolnshire, lincs, river, riverside, sluice, spalding, vernatt, waterway, welland