River Bovey
The River Bovey is a river of Devon and the largest tributary of the River Teign. It rises on the eastern side of Dartmoor in two main source streams, both rising within a mile of each other, either side of the B3212 road between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge, before uniting at Jurston.[1]
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.
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.
Name
The river gives its name to the Bovey Formation, a geological sedimentary basin which is the major source in Britain 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.
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