River Torridge: Summer View Looking Up River in Reduced Flow #3, River Torridge, Great Torrington, Devon, England.
This summer view is taken from the riverbed which at normal flow is covered in water. Lush vegetation lines the river bank. The river Torridge starts its life on Woolley Moors between Bradworthy and Morwenstow. After completing a long loop, it meets the Taw at Appledore then flows out into the Bristol Channel. It is famous for its setting in ‘Tarka the Otter’ by Henry Williamson and more lately in ‘Flow’ a novel for young adults by John Insull. Excellent views can be found on the footpath beside the River Torridge, called Rolle Road. This right of way was formerly the site of the Rolle Canal, built between 1820 and 1824 for Lord Rolle. The weir which diverted the flow of the River Torridge into a leat, maintaining the canals water level is situated just above the RHS Rosemoor attraction. In total it stretched for seven and a half miles to the tidal River Torridge, below Weare Gifford. It functioned as the main route for goods into and out of the area for a just under fifty years until it was abandoned in the 1870's when the railway succeeded it. This public path leads to the old Torrington Railway Station, where you can join the Tarka Trail to Bideford and beyond along the disused railway line.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: River Torridge, Great Torrington, Devon, England.
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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