When I chose the River Blyth in Northumberland I had no idea that there was another of the same name in Suffolk.
Their Old English name means gentle, cheerful, quiet or merry. I'll let you judge the truth of that.
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Their Old English name means gentle, cheerful, quiet or merry. I'll let you judge the truth of that.
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| River Blyth in Humford Woods, Northumberland |
It has a tributary, the River Pont which at 11 miles long is only just less than half the Blyth's 27 miles as it wends its way through south Northumberland to enter the North Sea at the port of Blyth.
The River Blyth in Suffolk enters the North Sea much further south than Northumberland
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| Boat moorings on the Suffolk River Blyth, looking downstream from the Southwold-Walberswick footbridge. |
River cruises are run on the Blyth Estuary which is a haven for birds like the marsh harrier, herons and cormorants The cruise lasts about 3.1/2 hours and stops off for a pub lunch.
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| River Bovey at Bovey Tracey, with Tracey Mill Park on the left. |
The River Bovey rises on the eastern side of Dartmoor in Devon; it is a tributary of the River Teign which enters the English Channel at Teignmouth
It gives its name to the Bovey geological formation, the source in Roman times of ball clay which they used for ceramics. Later these clays were also used to make tobacco pipes.
- River Blyth at Humford Woods, Northumberland: 5 Nov 2006 ex geograph.org.uk by George Burrell - CC BY-SA 2.0 licence
- Boat moorings on the Suffolk River Blyth: 7 Dec 2008 ex geograph.org.uk by Bob Jones - CC BY-SA 2.0 licence
- River Bovey at Bovey Tracey: 13 Feb 2010 ex geograph.org.uk by David Hawgood - CC BY-SA 2.0 licence
