Old stone bridge with pedestrian refuges over River Culm at Culmstock

The River Culm flows through Devon, England. It rises in the Blackdown Hills at a spring - see OS map - near Culmhead and flows west through Hemyock, then Culmstock (in the Culm Valley) to Uffculme. The river turns south, through Cullompton (and alongside the M5 motorway), skirting the northern boundary of Killerton Park to join the River Exe on the north-western outskirts of Exeter. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1299 × 866 pixel, file size: 531 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1299 × 866 pixel, file size: 531 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Blackdown Hills are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England. ... Hemyock is a village in the county of Devon in the United Kingdom. ... Old stone bridge with pedestrian refuges over River Culm at Culmstock Culmstock is a picturesque parish village in east Devon, about 5 miles from Tiverton and 7 or so miles NE of Cullompton. ... Uffculme is a village located in Mid-Devon, England. ... Location within the British Isles Cullompton is a town in Devon, England, lying on the River Culm and close to the M5 Motorway. ... The M5 near J28, Devon This article concerns the M5 motorway in England. ... Killerton is is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, England, which, with its hillside garden and estate, is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. ... The River Exe rises on Exmoor in Devon, near the north (Bristol Channel) coast of the county, but flows more or less directly due south and reaches the sea at a substantial ria on the south (English Channel) coast. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the West Country. ...

The River Culm begins in a marshy field near Culmhead (picture 2). Four and a half miles from its source the river crosses a road (OS ST17501455). At this point the river is 1.5m wide (picture 3). At Gladhayes the river passes under a two-arched bridge (picture 4). From here the river flows on and reaches Culmstock, a village built on both sides of the river. The river is shallower here (picture 5). At Uffculme the river flows in a straight course and flows more slowly (picture 6). As the river flows on it passes the market town of Cullompton and flows beside the M5 motorway. The river meanders a lot here and is prone to flooding. It passes under a paper mill at Hele (picture 7). North of Stoke Canon the river has many meanders (picture 8). It joins the River Exe just below Stoke Canon (picture 9).
Submitted by the children in Year 5 at St Andrew's Primary School, Cullompton.

The Source - pic 2

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The first ford of the River Culm - pic 3

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The bridge at Gladhayes - pic 4

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The river becomes shallower at Culmstock - pic 5

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The last bridge over the River Culm - pic 9

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[[Category:Rivers of Devon|Culmstock)