Badgworthy Water

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
CountryEngland
CountyDevon
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationDevon, England
 • coordinates51°10′38″N 3°43′23″W
MouthEast Lyn River
 • location
Somerset, England
 • coordinates
51°13′05″N 3°43′42″W
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftHoccombe 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
  1. "Badgworthy Water". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. "Badgworthy Water — Hoccombe Water to Malmsmead". UK Rivers Guidebook. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. "Badgworthy Water". Somerset Rivers. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. "MDE1258 - Deserted medieval settlement at Badgworthy Water". Exmoor Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. "Badgworthy". Beresford's Lost Villages. University of Hull. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  6. Historic England. "Malmsmead Bridge (1289346)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  7. "A walk in Lorna Doone country". BBC. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  8. "Walk 1263 - The Doone Valley from Malmsmead". Walking Britain. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  9. "Badgworthy Water - Hoccombe Water to Malmsmead". UK Rivers Guidebook. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  10. "Walk 1263 - The Doone Valley from Malmsmead". Walking Britain. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  11. Hart, Nick. "Bowled over by Badgworthy". Hart Fly Fishing. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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