Source of the River Fowey
Source of the River Fowey is a spring in Altarnun, Cornwall, England. Source of the River Fowey is situated nearby to the grassland High Moor, as well as near the peak Buttern Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brown Willy and Showery Tor.
Brown Willy
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brown Willy is a hill in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The summit, at 1,378 feet above sea level, is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall as a whole.
Showery Tor
Peak
Showery Tor is a rocky outcrop on a ridge-top approximately 0.6 kilometres north of the Rough Tor summit, near Camelford on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is notable for its rock formations and prehistoric monuments.
Leskernick Hill
Peak
Leskernick Hill is on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, UK. It is 329m high and has grid reference SX183803. Leskernick Hill is within the Cornwall AONB as part of Area 12: Bodmin Moor in the parish of Altarnun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowithick and South Carne.
Bowithick
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Camp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowithick is a hamlet on the northern edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Bowithick is situated near the disused Davidstow Moor airfield.
South Carne
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Carne is a hamlet west of Altarnun in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. South Carne is situated 2½ miles east of Source of the River Fowey.
Bolventor
Hamlet
Photo: Stewart MacInnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolventor is a hamlet on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Altarnun civil parish between Launceston and Bodmin. Bolventor is situated 3 miles south of Source of the River Fowey.
Source of the River Fowey
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Altarnun, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.60359° or 50° 36′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.59163° or 4° 35′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C2QJC35+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 8543994086OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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