River Sence

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River Sence
The River Sence, near Sheepy Magna
Location of the mouth within Leicestershire
Location
Country	England
Counties	Leicestershire, East Midlands
Towns	Sheepy Magna, Ibstock, Coalville
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Copt Oak, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
• coordinates	52°43′04″N 1°18′01″W / 52.7179°N 1.3003°W / 52.7179; -1.3003
Mouth	River Anker
• location	Atherstone, West Midlands, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
• coordinates	52°35′20″N 1°32′13″W / 52.5889°N 1.5370°W / 52.5889; -1.5370

The River Sence is a river which flows in Leicestershire, England. The tributaries of the Sence, including the Saint and Tweed, fan out over much of western Leicestershire from Charnwood Forest and Coalville in the north-east to Hinckley and almost to Watling Street in the south and south-west. Its watershed almost coincides with Hinckley and Bosworth Borough of Leicestershire, which was formed in 1974 by amalgamation of Market Bosworth Rural District and Hinckley Urban District. It flows into the Anker, which in turn flows into the River Tame. It is part of the wider River Trent catchment, which covers much of central England. In 1881, Sebastian Evans wrote that the usual names for this river were Shenton Brook and Sibson Brook.^[1]