Category Archives: Rivers

The origins of Red-a-ven Brook can be found in a small mire nestled east of High Willhays, Dartmoor’s nighest point. Its course heads north between Yes Tor and West Mill Tor, dropping sharply through Redaven Dip, before turning west to meet the West Okement in the disused quarries below Meldon Dam. With a length ofContinue reading “Red-a-ven Brook”

The Moor Brook flows for just under five kilometres from the open moor near Row Tor, meandering passed Okehampton Camp to the charming Halstock Cleave where it then tumbles over countless cascades before reaching its end at the confluence with the East Okement at West Cleave. This video documents the river, where it was possibleContinue reading “Moor Brook”