River Sence
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The River Sence is a Leicestershire tributary of the larger River Soar. The River Sence can be traced eastwards up to the village of Billesdon, and then flows south west through Great Glen, Leicestershire, and then west (south of Wigston and South Wigston) until the confluence with the River Soar just to the west of Blaby. Tracing the River Sence upstream the Environment Agency does monitor the river between Blaby and Great Glen, but there has been no significant flooding in recent years, and the land along the River Sence is largely agricultural. The River Sence also has a branches to the west of the River Soar, extending into the west and north west reaches of Leicestershire, towards Ibstock and even Tamworth. It is difficult to trace all of these branches and the network of tributaries, but there is a 6km section of the river in north west Leicestershire that has seen extensive habitat restoration work. The Wild Trout Trust, Gopsall Angling Club and the Environment Agency have been working together to restore a section of the river where habitats had declined as a result of land-drainage issues.
