2018

SX1251 : Moored in the Fowey Estuary

taken 6 years ago, near to Fowey, Cornwall, England

Moored in the Fowey Estuary
Moored in the Fowey Estuary
The River Fowey ( Cornish: Fowi) is a river in Cornwall.
It rises at Fowey Well (originally Cornish: Fenten Fowi, meaning spring of the river Fowey) about 1-mile north-west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, not far from one of its tributaries rising at Dozmary Pool and Colliford Lake, passes Lanhydrock House, Restormel Castle and Lostwithiel, then broadens at Milltown before joining the English Channel at Fowey. The estuary is called Uzell (Cornish: Usel, meaning howling place). It is only navigable by larger craft for the last 7 miles. There is a ferry between Fowey and Bodinnick. The first road crossing going upstream is in Lostwithiel. The river has seven tributaries, the largest being the River Lerryn. The section of the Fowey Valley between Doublebois and Bodmin Parkway railway station is known as the Glynn Valley (Cornish: Glyn, meaning deep wooded valley). The valley is the route of both the A38 trunk road and the railway line (built by the Cornwall Railway in 1859).

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Geographical Context: Estuary, Marine
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SX1251, 485 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 31 March, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 3 July, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 1269 5155 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:20.0416N 4:38.0003W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 1264 5166
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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