Winestead Drain

Winestead Drain Winstead Drain[1] Winestead Fleet[2] Patrington Channel
Patrington Channel on the Humber Estuary. This is the rivermouth showing Winestead Outstrays pumping station
Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Location
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Country	England
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Withernsea
• coordinates	53°43′41″N 0°01′05″E / 53.728°N 0.018°E / 53.728; 0.018
• elevation	10 metres (33 ft)
Mouth
• location	Welwick Marsh
• coordinates	53°38′42″N 0°01′08″E / 53.645°N 0.019°E / 53.645; 0.019
• elevation	5 metres (16 ft)
Length	15.5 kilometres (9.6 mi)
Basin size	59.64 square kilometres (23.03 sq mi)
Basin features
EA waterbody ID	GB104026066570

v t e Winestead Drain
Legend
Withernsea Catchwater Drain Winestead Booster Pumping Station Winestead Bridge A1033 road Enholmes Mill Hull to Withernsea railway North Channel Pant Drain Haven Road Patrington Haven Silted up Welwick Saltmarsh Sluice gate Patrington Channel (Mud flats ) Humber Estuary

Winestead Drain is a small river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The river flows south from Withernsea, around Patrington, before turning eastwards towards the Humber Estuary. The river was noted for being an inland waterway bringing shipping to the lower Humber reaches, though the river is now not navigable.

Historically the river emptied into the North Channel of the Humber just south of Patrington Haven. However, due to human intervention for drainage and flood prevention, the North Channel was cut off at the western end, and the installation of a sluice gate stopped the natural scouring of the channel by incoming and outgoing tides. This allowed the river to silt up making it unusable for watercraft.