River Tone

The River Tone flows for 33 kilometres down from Beverton Pond in the Brendon Hills, south at first before turning east (where it forms the border of Devon and Somerset) to flow into the River Parrett at Burrowbridge, and then out to the Bristol Channel through Bridgwater. The fast flowing headwaters pass through steep wooded sections, into a meandering channel before emerging downstream of Taunton as a deep and slow river. The entire length of the river has been influenced by man’s activities, from the damming of the head waters at Clatworthy Reservoir to the various leats and weirs that were constructed to power mills such as those in Wellington.

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