Coombe is an alternate spelling of

combe A combe (; also spelled coombe or coomb and, in place names, comb) can refer either to a steep, narrow valley, or to a small valley or large hollow on the side of a hill; in any case, it is often understood simply to mean a small valley through w ...

, a dry valley. It may also refer to:

Places

Australia

* Coombe, South Australia, a locality in the Coorong District Council

England

* Coombe, Buckinghamshire * Coombe, Camborne, Cornwall * Coombe, Gwennap, Cornwall (near Redruth) * Coombe, Kea, Cornwall (near Truro) * Coombe, Liskeard, Cornwall **

Coombe Junction Halt railway station Coombe Junction Halt railway station serves the villages of Coombe, Liskeard, Coombe and Lamellion near Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated on the Looe Valley Line and operated by Great Western Railway (train operating company), G ...

* Coombe, Morwenstow, Cornwall (near Bude) * Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall (near St Austell) * Coombe, East Devon, Devon (near Sidmouth) * Coombe, Mid Devon, Devon (near Tiverton) * Coombe, Teignmouth, Teignbridge, Devon * Coombe, Dorset (in Whitchurch Canonicorum) * Coombe, Gloucestershire *

Coombe, Hampshire Coombe is a hamlet in Hampshire, England. It is located in East Hampshire, in the civil parish of East Meon East Meon is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is west ...

* Coombe, Kent *

Coombe, Croydon Coombe is a place in the London Borough of Croydon, situated south-east of central Croydon, between Addiscombe, Selsdon and Upper Shirley, Croydon, Upper Shirley. Formerly a hamlet, since the growth of suburban development the area has become swa ...

, London *

Coombe, Kingston upon Thames Coombe is a historic neighbourhood in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south west London, England. It sits on high ground, east of Norbiton. Most of the area was part of the former Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe before local ...

, London * Coombe, Crewkerne, Somerset * Coombe, Taunton, Somerset * Coombe, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire *

Coombe, Enford Coombe is a hamlet of the civil parish of Enford, Wiltshire, England, about north of the cathedral city of Salisbury. It lies on the River Avon between the larger villages of Enford and Netheravon, with nearly half of its houses on the road ...

, Wiltshire *

Coombe Bissett Coombe Bissett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire in the River Ebble valley, southwest of Salisbury on the A354 road that goes south towards Blandford Forum. The parish includes the village of Homington, to the e ...

, Wiltshire *

Coombe Dingle, Bristol Coombe Dingle is a suburb of Bristol, England, centred near where the Hazel Brook tributary of the River Trym emerges from a limestone gorge bisecting the Blaise Castle Estate to join the main course of the Trym. Historically this area formed p ...

Combe Fields Combe Fields is a civil parish in the Rugby district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. The parish has no village, but contains Coombe Abbey, after which it is named, and a few isolated houses. In the 2001 census the parish had a populatio ...

, Warwickshire **

Coombe Abbey Coombe Abbey (also Combe Abbey) is a former Cistercian abbey at Combe Fields in the Borough of Rugby, in the countryside of Warwickshire, England. The abbey was converted to a country house in the 16th century and now operates as a hotel. It i ...

, former country house, now a hotel **

Coombe Country Park Coombe Country Park is a country park located in Warwickshire, England. The park is only 4.5 miles (7.5 km) east of Coventry city centre and is managed by Coventry City Council. The park has been developed from the grounds of an old Cisterci ...

, the former grounds of the house *

Coombe Hill Canal Coombe Hill Canal lies in the Vale of Gloucester, south west England, north of Leigh and runs west from Coombe Hill Basin to the River Severn near Wainlode Hill. It opened in 1796 and closed 80 years later in 1876, after the only lock was da ...

, Vale of Gloucester *

Coombe Keynes Coombe Keynes is a hamlet, civil parish and depopulated village in Dorset, England. The village is about south of Wool and about west-south-west of Wareham. In 2013 the population of the civil parish was estimated to be 80. There are 22 h ...

, Dorset

Ireland

The Coombe, Dublin The Coombe (; ) is a historic street in the south inner city of Dublin, Ireland. It was originally a hollow or valley where a tributary of the River Poddle, the Coombe Stream or Commons Water, ran. The name is sometimes used for the broader area ...

, a historic street in Dublin

United States

Coombe Historic District The Coombe Historic District is a national historic district located at Felton, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses two contributing buildings and one contributing structure near the town of Felton representing an unusual mixture of archae ...

, Felton, Kent County, Delaware

People

* Dorothy Coombe (1896–1982), Australian trade unionist *

E. H. Coombe Ephraim Henry Coombe (26 August 1858 – 5 April 1917) was a South Australian newspaper editor and politician. He was editor of the ''Bunyip (newspaper), Bunyip'' at Gawler, South Australia, Gawler from 1890 to 1914. He was a member of the Sout ...

(1858–1917), South Australian newspaper editor and politician *

Robert Coombe Robert Coombe is a chemist and an educator. He has been a faculty member at the University of Denver since 1981. From 2005 until 2014 he was chancellor. Education and work background Robert Coombe was born in 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri, and l ...

, American chemist and educator * Rosemary J. Coombe, Canadian anthropologist and lawyer * Roy R. Coombe (1924-2016), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician * Thomas Coombe (1873–1959), Australian businessman

Other uses

* Coombe Hall (1871–1932), Scottish footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers *

Coombe Cellars Coombe Cellars Inn is a public house on the south bank of the estuary of the River Teign in south Devon, England. It is in the parish of Haccombe with Combe, near the village of Combeinteignhead. The pub was owned by Brewers Fayre until 2006. As ...

, a public house in south Devon, England * Coombe Boys' School, a secondary school, New Malden, London, England *

Coombe Clipless Pedal Coombe Pedal Systems are high performance clipless bicycle pedals, manufactured by W Coombe Engineering Ltd in Boulder, Colorado, USA. The original "Coombe Pro" pedal system, released in 1999, featured a unique, twist-in to engage, retention ...

, a type of bicycle pedal * Coombe Dean School, a specialist secondary school in Plymouth, Devon, England * Coombe Girls' School, an all-female secondary school in New Malden, South-West London, England *

Coombe Women's Hospital The Coombe Hospital (; ) is a voluntary teaching hospital providing a range of medical services to both women and newborn infants in Dublin, Ireland. It is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. History Former Meath Hospital building The h ...

, Dublin, Ireland * Coombe Wood, a garden in the London Borough of Croydon, England