The Lox Yeo is a short river in North Somerset

North Somerset

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, England. It rises at Winscombe

Winscombe

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 and flows south west for about 6 kilometres (4 mi) to join the River Axe near Loxton

Loxton, North Somerset

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The river flows through a gap in the Mendip Hills

Mendip Hills

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 between Crook Peak and Bleadon Hill

Bleadon Hill

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, through which the M5 motorway

M5 motorway

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now runs.

The river was once known simply as the Lox. The name appears to be of Celtic origin, and means either "winding stream" or "bright one".