Fivehead River

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title: "Fivehead River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-somerset", "parrett-catchment"] description: "River in south Somerset, England" topic_path: "general/rivers-of-somerset" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fivehead_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in south Somerset, England ::

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Field	Value
name	Fivehead River
name_other	River Earn, Rag River
image	Fivehead River.jpg
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	England
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	Somerset
source1_location	Somerset, England
source1_coordinates
mouth	River Isle
mouth_location	Somerset, England
mouth_coordinates
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It is named after the village of Fivehead, near to two Sites of Special Scientific Interest at Fivehead Arable Fields and Fivehead Woods and Meadow.

The source of the river is from various streams around Batten's Green and Ashill south west of Staple Fitzpaine, and flows east past Hatch Beauchamp and Beercrocombe where it is joined by several small tributaries. It then flows north east, past Isle Abbots, joining the River Isle north of Isle Brewers.

The 18th century road bridge over the river is a Grade II listed building.

References

References

1. "History of Isle Abbotts". Isle Abbotts.
2. "Village History". Fivehead Village.
3. "Fivehead Arable Fields". English Nature.
4. "Fivehead Woods and Meadow". English Nature.
5. "Fivehead River". Somerset Rivers.
6. "Bridge at Two Bridges, carrying road over Fivehead River". British Listed Buildings.

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