Malmsmead is a hamlet on the border between the English counties of
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon i ...
and
Somerset
Somerset ( , ; Archaism, archaically Somersetshire , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the so ...
. The nearest town is
Lynton, which lies approximately west of the hamlet. The hamlet is situated in the
Doone Valley within the
Exmoor National Park
Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of the area, two miles north-west of Simonsbath ...
.
The border between the counties is along
Badgworthy Water, which is crossed by the 17th-century
Malmsmead Bridge and an even older adjacent ford. Badgworthy Water is also the boundary between the parishes of
Oare (Somerset) and
Brendon and Countisbury (Devon).
Malmsmead is both on the route of the
Coleridge Way
The Coleridge Way is a long-distance trail in Somerset and Devon, England.
It was opened in April 2005, and the route links several sites associated with the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey. Orig ...
and
Samaritans Way South West. Just to the north of the hamlet, Badgworthy Water merges with
Oare Water to form the
East Lyn River that flows into the sea at
Lynmouth
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as bu ...
.
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Hamlets in Devon
Hamlets in Somerset
Exmoor
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