View source for River Avon, Devon

{{Short description|River in Devon, England}}
{{For|other rivers named Avon|River Avon (disambiguation)}}
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The '''River Avon''', also known as the '''River Aune''', is a [[river]] in the [[county]] of [[Devon]] in the [[South West England|southwest of England]]. It [[source (river)|rises]] in the southern half of [[Dartmoor National Park]] in an area of [[bog]] to the west of [[Ryder's Hill]].  Close to where the river leaves Dartmoor a dam was built in 1957 to form the Avon reservoir (see [[Dartmoor reservoirs]]).  After leaving the moor it passes through [[South Brent]] and then [[Avonwick]] and [[Aveton Gifford]] and flows into the sea at [[Bigbury-on-Sea]]. Near [[Loddiswell]] the valley flows through [[Fosse Copse]] a {{convert|1.88|ha|acre|2}} woodland owned and managed by the [[Woodland Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fosse Copse|url=http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/wood/4280/fosse-copse/|website=Explore Woods|publisher=Woodland Trust|access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

The estuary lies within the [[South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] and is part of the South Devon Heritage Coast.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Devon AONB: Avon Estuary|url=http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/coast-countryside/estuaries/avon-estuary|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

From 1893 until its closure in 1963, the [[Kingsbridge branch line]] railway line ran along the valley of the Avon between [[Kingsbridge]] and [[South Brent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/k/kingsbridge/index.shtml|title=Subterranea Britannica, Kingsbridge Station|access-date=2009-04-25|date=24 July 2006}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Rivers of the United Kingdom]]

==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Devon]]
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