River Great Ouse

The Great Ouse at Over in Cambridgeshire

The Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. It is 270 km long and the most important shipping lane of East Anglia. The lower river is also known as the Old West River and The Ely Ouse.

The Great Ouse flows through Buckingham, Milton Keynes, Olney, Bedford, St Neots, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, St Ives, Ely, Littleport, Downham Market and then empties into the Wash near King 's Lynn.

Tributaries of the Great Ouse:

• New Bedford River
• Old Bedford River
• Cam
• Ivel
• Lark
• Little Ouse
• Wissey