Badgworthy Water is a small river which flows through Malmsmead on Exmoor, close to the border between Devon and Somerset, England.
| Badgworthy Water | |
|---|---|
 The bridge and ford at Malmsmead | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | Devon |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Devon, England |
| • coordinates | 51°10′38″N 3°43′23″W / 51.17722°N 3.72306°W |
| Mouth | East Lyn River |
• location | Somerset, England |
• coordinates | 51°13′05″N 3°43′42″W / 51.21806°N 3.72833°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Hoccombe Water |
It merges with Oare Water to become the East Lyn River.[1][2][3]
On the banks of the river are the remains of a few dwellings which formed a medieval village. The last resident left in the 1820s.[4][5]
The 17th century packhorse Malmsmead Bridge crosses Badgworthy Water, alongside an even older ford.[6]
The valley is associated with the book Lorna Doone.[1][7][8]
It has been used for canoeing and includes grade 2 and 3 rapids,[9] walking[10] and fly fishing.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Badgworthy Water". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Badgworthy Water — Hoccombe Water to Malmsmead". UK Rivers Guidebook. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Badgworthy Water". Somerset Rivers. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "MDE1258 - Deserted medieval settlement at Badgworthy Water". Exmoor Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Badgworthy". Beresford's Lost Villages. University of Hull. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Malmsmead Bridge (1289346)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "A walk in Lorna Doone country". BBC. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Walk 1263 - The Doone Valley from Malmsmead". Walking Britain. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Badgworthy Water - Hoccombe Water to Malmsmead". UK Rivers Guidebook. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Walk 1263 - The Doone Valley from Malmsmead". Walking Britain. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Hart, Nick. "Bowled over by Badgworthy". Hart Fly Fishing. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
External links
editMedia related to Badgworthy Water at Wikimedia Commons