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Malmsmead is a hamlet on the border between the English counties of Devon and Somerset. The nearest town is Lynton, which lies approximately 4.7 miles (7.6 km) west of the hamlet. The hamlet is situated in the Doone Valley within the Exmoor National Park.[1][2]

Malmsmead
Malmsmead Bridge and the old ford
Malmsmead Location within Devon
OS grid reference	SS790478
Civil parish	Brendon and Countisbury Oare
District	North Devon Somerset West and Taunton
Shire county	Devon Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LYNTON
Postcode district	EX35 6
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
List of places UK England Devon 51.217°N 3.733°W / 51.217; -3.733

The border between the counties is along Badgworthy Water, which is crossed by the 17th-century Malmsmead Bridge and an even older adjacent ford. Badgworthy Water is also the boundary between the parishes of Oare (Somerset) and Brendon and Countisbury (Devon).

Malmsmead is both on the route of the Coleridge Way and Samaritans Way South West. Just to the north of the hamlet, Badgworthy Water merges with Oare Water to form the East Lyn River that flows into the sea at Lynmouth.

References

External links

• Media related to Malmsmead at Wikimedia Commons

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