Lady Exmouth Falls
| Lady Exmouth Falls | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 The Lady Exmouth Falls | |
| River: | unnamed |
| Fall: | 220 feet |
| SX832823 | |
| Co-ordinates: | 50°37’46"N, 3°39’7"W |
The Lady Exmouth Falls in Devon carry the waters of an unnamed brook in a plunge of 220 feet down into lakes in the Teign Valley. This is a little above the point at which the brook enters the River Teign. The waterfall is within the Dartmoor National Park, near Chudleigh, and part of an estate run as a tourist attraction known as 'Canonteign Falls'. Also within the estate are the Clampitt Falls.
At 220 feet high, the Cannonteign Falls are amongst the highest waterfalls in the land.[1]
The waterfall is splendid, but not natural; it was created in 1890 by the 3rd Lady Exmouth as part of the landscaping of the estate. To keep redundant miners employed, she employed them to divert the water over the edge of a cliff here,[2] and created a new landscape.
Below the waterfall, the brook runs through two man-made lakes and out to the River Teign.
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