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(Redirected from River Yeo (Congresbury Yeo))
:''For other rivers called Yeo, see River Yeo
The 'River Yeo' (often referred to as the 'Congresbury Yeo', after the village of Congresbury, through which it flows, to avoid confusion with other similarly-named rivers) is a river which flows through North Somerset, England.
The river rises in the centre of Compton Martin village, in the district of Bath and North East Somerset, as a spring which feeds the village duckpond. From there it flows past the village of Ubley and enters Blagdon Lake, which was created in the 1890s by damming the river, just north of the village of Blagdon. From the lake the river flows south of Wrington and Iwood, where there was once one of several watermills along the river. It then flows around the northern outskirts of Congresbury, and crosses Congresbury Moor roughly parallel to the A370 road, past the site of a Roman villa. It then crosses under the M5 motorway and empties into the Severn Estuary in Clevedon Bay, west of the village of Kingston Seymour.
The river falls within the area of the West Mendip Internal Drainage Board, which has a range of policies and guidance about flood prevention and conservation in the area.
★ About.com reference for River Yeo
★ Congresbury/Iwood Circular walk
★ Congresbury Village Web Site
★ Wrington Vale Light Railway
★ Yeo Valley Organic
:''For other rivers called Yeo, see River Yeo
Compton Martin Duck Pond
The 'River Yeo' (often referred to as the 'Congresbury Yeo', after the village of Congresbury, through which it flows, to avoid confusion with other similarly-named rivers) is a river which flows through North Somerset, England.
| Contents |
| River course |
| Flood prevention and conservation |
| External links |
| See also |
River course
The river rises in the centre of Compton Martin village, in the district of Bath and North East Somerset, as a spring which feeds the village duckpond. From there it flows past the village of Ubley and enters Blagdon Lake, which was created in the 1890s by damming the river, just north of the village of Blagdon. From the lake the river flows south of Wrington and Iwood, where there was once one of several watermills along the river. It then flows around the northern outskirts of Congresbury, and crosses Congresbury Moor roughly parallel to the A370 road, past the site of a Roman villa. It then crosses under the M5 motorway and empties into the Severn Estuary in Clevedon Bay, west of the village of Kingston Seymour.
Waterfall on the Yeo, south west of Wrington
Flood prevention and conservation
The river falls within the area of the West Mendip Internal Drainage Board, which has a range of policies and guidance about flood prevention and conservation in the area.
External links
★ About.com reference for River Yeo
★ Congresbury/Iwood Circular walk
★ Congresbury Village Web Site
See also
★ Wrington Vale Light Railway
★ Yeo Valley Organic
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