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River Bovey

River in Devon, England

Field	Value
name	River Bovey
image	The ford at Hisley Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 933854.jpg
image_size	270px
image_caption	The River Bovey passing over a ford and under Hisley Bridge
map	River Bovey map.png
map_size	270px
map_caption	Catchment of the River Bovey
pushpin_map_size	270px
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	England
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	Devon
subdivision_type5	Towns
subdivision_name5	North Bovey; Manaton; Lustleigh; Bovey Tracey
tributaries_left	Becka Brook, Wray Brook

The River Bovey rises on the eastern side of Dartmoor in Devon, England, and is the largest tributary to the River Teign. The river has two main source streams, both rising within a mile of each other, either side of the B3212 road between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge, before joining at Jurston.

The river flows for about two miles northwards from source before turning to a generally south easterly direction. It passes the village of North Bovey, flows through the Lustleigh Cleave between the villages of Manaton and Lustleigh, and then through the town of Bovey Tracey. It joins the River Teign on the boundary between the parishes of Teigngrace and Kingsteignton, about a mile south of the village of Chudleigh Knighton.

Catchment

The catchment of the river runs to the West at Chagford Common, past Hookney Tor, and the road from Fordgate to Hound Tor. To the South, the watershed is with the River Lemon and runs from Hemsworthy Gate to Haytor Rocks, past Brimley and to the North of Stover Country Park.

The Eastern boundary runs between Chudleigh Knighton to Doccombe, and in the North, is runs in a line from just outside Moretonhampstead to Meldon Hill, South of Chagford.

Tributaries

There are two main tributaries, one being the Becka Brook, rising near Hound Tor, flowing through Becky Falls, and joining the Bovey just below Trendlebere Down. The second is the Wray Brook which starts North of Moretonhampstead, and joins the Bovey to the South of Lustleigh.

Naming influence

The river gives its name to the Bovey Formation, a geological sedimentary basin which is the major source in England for ball clay.

The towns of North Bovey and Bovey Tracey both take their name from the river, as does Bovey Castle, a luxury hotel close to the river outside North Bovey.

References

"Bovey Valley". The Teign Catchment.

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