The River Wreake is a river in Leicestershire, England. It is a tributary of the River Soar. Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... The river in Leicester The River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands. ...

The Wreake rises somewhere near Stapleford. It flows southwest, passing through Melton Mowbray, Frisby on the Wreake and Ratcliffe on the Wreake, before meeting the Soar near Syston. In its upper reaches it is called the River Eye and it becomes the Wreake below Melton Mowbray, near Sysonby Lodge. Stapleford is a village in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, east of Melton Mowbray. ... Melton Mowbray or just Melton (as it is commonly known to its inhabitants) is a town of around 26,000 people in the borough of Melton north-east Leicestershire, England, 15 miles from Leicester and 105 miles north of London. ... Frisby on the Wreake is a village in the UK located near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. ... Ratcliffe on the Wreake is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire. ... Map sources for Syston at grid reference SK625115 Syston is a town in the English county of Leicestershire. ...

The name Wreake was given by the Danish invaders of Leicestershire, who probably navigated the River Trent, then the River Soar and finally into the Wreake as they entered the district. Their word Wreake indicated that the river followed a tortuous, twisting and turning course.

The river was canalised in the late 18th century, though after the building of the Syston and Peterborough railway in the mid 19th Century, the canal was disused and fell into ruin. Many of the diversions made to the river in order to make the canal navigable are still visible, especially in the neighbourhood of Hoby, Rotherby, Frisby on the Wreake, Kirby Bellars and Asfordby.

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