River Axe (Lyme Bay)

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River Axe, Axminster, Devon

The River Axe is a river in Dorset, Somerset and Devon, in the south-west of England. It rises near Beaminster in Dorset, flows west then south by Axminster and joins the English Channel at Axmouth near Seaton in Lyme Bay. During its 22-mile (35 km) course it is fed by various streams and by the tributary rivers Yarty and Coly.

It is a shallow, non-navigable river, although its mouth at Axmouth has some boating activity.

Fish include brown trout, dace, roach and occasional salmon. In 1999 a section was designated an SSSI. The 13 kilometres (3.2 acres) from the confluence with the Blackwater River (ST325023) to Colyford Bridge (SY259927) has both biological and geological interest. The salmon, bullheads, otters, medicinal leeches and kingfishers are all of particular value, as is the diverse aquatic and marginal plant life. The geomorphology of the meanders south of Axminster are the particular geological interest.^[1]

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^ "River Axe SSSI citation".

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