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River Plym
Rivers & Waterways

River Plym

Shaugh Prior

The River Plym is a river in Devon, England. It runs from Dartmoor in the centre of the county southwest to meet the River Meavy, then south towards Plymouth Sound. The river is popular with canoeists, and the Plym Valley Railway runs

Dartmoor quiz

Old books sometimes spell "Black Tor" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?

Blackaton. It appears in 5 of the old books and papers in our research library, so the name has not always been written the way we write it now.

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River Sig
Rivers & Waterways

River Sig

Ilsington

The River Sig is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) river on Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England. It is a tributary to the River Lemon, which it meets at

River Swincombe
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River Swincombe

Dartmoor Forest

The River Swincombe is a right-bank tributary of the West Dart River that flows through Dartmoor national park in Devon, south-west England. It rises south-east of Princetown, and flows 2 km south-east to Foxtor Mires, where it turns

River Tavy
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River Tavy

Peter Tavy

The Tavy is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic root tam, once thought to mean 'dark' but now generally understood to mean 'to flow'. It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of

River Taw
Rivers & Waterways

River Taw

Dartmoor Forest

The River Taw in England rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor, crosses North Devon and at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Barnstaple Bay in the Bristol Channel, having

River Thrushel
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River Thrushel

Bridestowe

The River Thrushel is a river in Devon,

River Walkham
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River Walkham

Crapstone

River Walkham is a river whose source is on Dartmoor, Devon,

River Webburn
Rivers & Waterways

River Webburn

Buckland in the Moor

The East Webburn is a 5-mile (8 km) stream in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England. It rises on the western side of the moors, flowing off the west side of Hameldown ridge. Its source is around 1/2 mile (0.80 km) southwest of

River Yealm
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River Yealm

Cornwood

The Yealm is a river in Devon in England that rises 430 m (1,410 ft) above sea level on the Stall Moor mires of south Dartmoor and travels 12 miles (19 km) to the sea, passing through Cornwood, Lee Mill and Yealmpton, a mid-sized village