This article is about the river in Cornwall. For two rivers in Devon, see River Lew.
River Looe
East Looe River, West Looe River
River Looe in Looe
Sketchmap of the East Looe and West Looe rivers in Cornwall
Location
Country
England
State
Cornwall
Physical characteristics
Length
30.48 mi (49.05 km)
Basin size
36.3 sq mi (94 km2)
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River Looe
Legend
Bodmin Moor
A38
B3254
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Upper Tremadart Mill
Colls
A387 Looe Bridge
West Looe
East Looe
English Channel
The River Looe (Cornish: Logh, meaning deep water inlet)[1] is a river in south-east Cornwall, which flows into the English Channel at Looe.[2] It has two main branches, the East Looe River and the West Looe River. The eastern branch has its source near St Cleer only 0.31 miles (0.5 km) away from the Golitha Falls on the River Fowey, and flows south, passing close to the western outskirts of Liskeard. The western branch has its source near Dobwalls.[2]
South of Liskeard, the Looe Valley Line railway follows the course of the East Looe River to Looe. The railway is so close to the river that flooding is a common occurrence.[3]
The lowest stretch of the rivers combine to form the tidal harbour and estuary of Looe. The combined length of the two rivers (including the tidal confluence) is 30.48 miles (49.05 km).[4][5][6]
The river is tidal to Watergate on the West Looe and Sandplace on the East Looe. After Sandplace, the river was connected to the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal so that minerals and stone could be transported from the workings and quarries above Liskeard to the harbour at Looe.[7] The tidal estuarine section is an example of a Ria (a drowned river valley) and at low tide, the rivers almost dry up to a very small natural level.[8]
^Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 304. OCLC 400936.
^"Seaton, Looe & Fowey Catchment Management Plan" (PDF). environmentdata,org. 4.8.2 Local Perspective: National Rivers Authority. December 1994. p. 56. Retrieved 22 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^"West Looe River". environment.data.gov.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^"Looe". environment.data.gov.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^"East Looe River". environment.data.gov.uk. Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^Daniel, John (1854). "Hundred of West". A geography of Cornwall, historical ecclesiastical, civil, natural, and parochial. London: Longman & Co. p. 124. OCLC 58545739.
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