Cannington brook is a
stream in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England that originates in the
Quantock Hills
The Quantock Hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England, consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land. They were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designated in 1956.
Natural England have desi ...
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which is designated an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of th ...
.
Various streams, including
Peart Water
Peart Water is a stream about long in Somerset, England. It rises in the Quantock Hills and flows in a generally northeast direction. Fish are raised in the Hawkridge Reservoir, and further downstream the Peart Water powers two mills.
Course
P ...
, flow into
Hawkridge Reservoir
Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England.
The inflow is from several streams in the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Peart Water, which continues below the reservoir in a northeast direction ...
near
Spaxton
Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England.
History
Spaxton was part of the hundred of Cannington.
The modern parish includes the ancient parishes of Aisholt and Char ...
, which was built between 1960 and 1962,
to provide drinking water for
Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...
.
The Peart Water continues in a northeast direction to the
Ashford Reservoir which was constructed in 1934.
Below the Ashford Reservoir the Peart Water joins the Currypool Stream to form the Cannington brook.
The brook discharges into the
River Parrett
The River Parrett flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset. Flowing northwest through Somerset and the Somerset Levels to i ...
,
south east of
Combwich
Combwich ( ) is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.
The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ...
.
References
External links
A picture of Cannington Brook on Geograph
Rivers of Somerset
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