Badgworthy Water is a small river which flows through Malmsmead

Malmsmead

Malmsmead is a hamlet in the civil parish of Oare in the North Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Lynton, which lies approximately west from the hamlet. The hamlet is situated on the Devon-Somerset border in the Doone Valley of the Exmoor National Park....

 on Exmoor

Exmoor

Exmoor is an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England, named after the main river that flows out of the district, the River Exe. The moor has given its name to a National Park, which includes the Brendon Hills, the East Lyn Valley, the Vale of Porlock and ...

, close to the border between Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

 and Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England.

It merges with Oare Water

Oare Water

Oare Water passes through the village of Oare, on Exmoor in Somerset, England.It joins Badgworthy Water before flowing to Watersmeet and the Bristol Channel, as the East Lyn River.Oare bridge is an 18th century road bridge over Oare Water,...

 to become the East Lyn River

East Lyn River

The East Lyn is a river which rises high in Exmoor, Somerset. It flows through the East Lyn Valley.-Watercourse:The river starts as the Upper East Lyn at Malmsmead it then flows for several miles, past Brendon and makes confluence with Hoar Oak Water at Watersmeet, where Watersmeet House is...

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On the banks of the river are the remains of a few dwelling which formed a medieval village. The last resident left in the 1930s.

The 17th century packhorse Malmsmead Bridge crosses Badgworthy Water.

The valley is associated with the book Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor....

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