The River Aller is a small river on
Exmoor
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 ...
in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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It rises as several small streams around
Tivington and
Huntscott and flows through the
Holnicote Estate passing
Holnicote and through
Allerford
Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy in the district of Somerset West and Taunton. It appears in Domesday Book as "Alresford – forda Ralph d ...
, where it passes under a
packhorse bridge of medieval origin. It then joins the
River Horner, which flows into
Porlock Bay near
Hurlstone Point on the
Bristol Channel.
Because of the surrounding geology the area has been at risk of flooding. To help manage this risk telemetry monitoring of flows and a siren warning system have been proposed.
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Rivers of Somerset
Exmoor