Tamar Valley

The Tamar Valley is an area of outstanding natural beauty in and , consisting of the Tamar, Lynher and Tavy valleys, as well as surrounding areas.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Cornwall and Devon, England
  • Also known as: “River Tamar”, “Tamar”, and “Tamar River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bere Alston railway station and Bere Ferrers railway station.

Railway station
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serves the village of in , , 10+1⁄4 miles north of on the Tamar Valley Line to .

Railway station
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Bere Ferrers station on the Tamar Valley Line is situated near the village of in , England. The station is on the former Southern main line between and via . It is currently operated by Great Western Railway.

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is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of in the east of , England, and now belonging to the National Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltash and Calstock.

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is a town and civil parish in eastern , England. faces the city of over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Cornwall".

Village
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is a civil parish and a large village in south east , England, United Kingdom, on the border with . The village is situated on the River Tamar 6 miles south west of Tavistock and 10 miles north of .

Village
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is a civil parish and village in , England, United Kingdom. The village is situated 2+1⁄2 miles east of Callington and five miles north of .

Tamar Valley

Latitude
50.4667° or 50° 28′ north
Longitude
-4.2167° or 4° 13′ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
9C2QFQ8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2636283
Wiki­data ID
Q578127
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Satellite Map

Discover Tamar Valley from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Tamar Valley” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Tamar”
  • Basque: “Tamar ibaia”
  • Breton: “Tamer”
  • Catalan: “Tamar (Cornualla)”
  • Catalan: “Tamar”
  • Cebuano: “River Tamar”
  • Chinese: “塔馬河”
  • Chinese: “泰马河”
  • Chinese: “添馬河”
  • Cornish: “Dowr Tamar”
  • Cornish: “Tamar”
  • Dutch: “River Tamar”
  • Dutch: “Tamar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تامار”
  • Finnish: “Dowr Tamar”
  • Finnish: “Tamar”
  • French: “Tamar”
  • German: “Tamar”
  • Greek: “Τέιμαρ”
  • Hungarian: “Tamar”
  • Ido: “Tamar”
  • Irish: “An Tamar”
  • Irish: “An Tamer”
  • Irish: “Dowr Tamar”
  • Italian: “Tamar”
  • Japanese: “テイマール川”
  • Japanese: “テイマー川”
  • Korean: “타마강”
  • Manx: “An Tamer”
  • Manx: “Tamar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tamar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tamar i England”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tamar”
  • Norwegian: “Tamar”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Tamer”
  • Persian: “رود تیمار”
  • Polish: “Tamar”
  • Portuguese: “rio Tamar”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Tamar”
  • Russian: “Теймар (река, Великобритания)”
  • Russian: “Теймар”
  • Serbian: “Тејмар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tamar”
  • Slovenian: “reka Tamar”
  • Slovenian: “River Tamar”
  • Slovenian: “Tamar”
  • Spanish: “Río Tamar”
  • Swedish: “River Tamar”
  • Turkish: “Tamar Nehri”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Tamar”
  • Welsh: “Afon Tamar”

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