River Avill
The River Avill is a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England. It rises on the eastern slopes of Dunkery Beacon and flows north through Timberscombe and Dunster flowing into the Bristol Channel at Dunster Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunster Castle and Dunster Dovecote.
Dunster Castle
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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period.
Dunster Dovecote
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The Dovecote in Dunster, Somerset, England was probably built in the late 16th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Monument.
Yarn Market
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The Yarn Market in Dunster, Somerset, England was built in the early 17th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunster and Carhampton.
Dunster
Village
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Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton.
Carhampton
Village
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Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865.
Blue Anchor
Village
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blue Anchor is a seaside village, in the parish of Old Cleeve, close to Carhampton in Somerset, England. The village takes its name from a 17th-century inn; the bay, Blue Anchor Bay, was previously known as Cleeve Bay. Blue Anchor is situated 1½ miles east of River Avill.
River Avill
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: watercourse in the United Kingdom
- Categories: watercourse and body of water
- Location: Dunster, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“River Avill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “River Avill”
- Chinese: “艾維爾河”
- Dutch: “River Avill”
- Swedish: “River Avill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marsh Street and Ellicombe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include National Trust Dunster Working Watermill and Dunster Castle.
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