River Axe
The River Axe is a 22-mile long river in the counties of Dorset, Somerset and Devon, in the south-west of England. It rises in Dorset and flows south to Lyme Bay which it enters through the Axe Estuary in Devon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Axe Valley Heritage Museum and Axmouth Village Hall.
Axmouth Village Hall
Community center
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Axmouth Village Hall is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seaton and Axmouth.
Seaton
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Seaton is a seaside town, fishing harbour and civil parish in East Devon on the south coast of England, between Axmouth and Beer. It faces onto Lyme Bay and is on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.
Axmouth
Village
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Axmouth is a village, civil parish and former manor in the East Devon district of Devon, England, near the mouth of the River Axe. The village itself is about 1 mile inland, on the east bank of the Axe estuary.
Colyford
Village
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Colyford is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated midway between Lyme Regis and Sidmouth on the A3052 road. Colyford is situated 1½ miles north of River Axe.
River Axe
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, England, UK
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“River Axe” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Աքս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Axe”
- Catalan: “Axe”
- Cebuano: “River Axe”
- Chinese: “阿克斯河 (德文郡)”
- Dutch: “Axe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فاس النهر”
- German: “River Axe”
- Hausa: “Kogin Axe (Lyme Bay)”
- Hausa: “Kogin Axe”
- Italian: “Axe”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Acsa/gw”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Acsa”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Axa on Defenum”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Axa”
- Polish: “Axe”
- Russian: “Акс (река)”
- Russian: “Акс”
- Serbian: “Акс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Axe”
- Slovenian: “Axe”
- Spanish: “Axe”
- Swedish: “River Axe”
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