River Taw

Taw
Location
Country	England
Counties	Devon
Towns/Villages	Belstone, Sticklepath, Eggesford, King's Nympton, Umberleigh, Chapelton, Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, North Tawton
Physical characteristics
Source	Taw Head
• location	Dartmoor
Mouth
• location	Barnstaple / Bideford Bay
• coordinates	51°05′N 4°13′W / 51.083°N 4.217°W / 51.083; -4.217
Length	72.4 km (45.0 mi)

The River Taw (/tɔː/) in England rises at Taw Head, a spring on the central northern flanks of Dartmoor, crosses North Devon and at the town of Barnstaple, formerly a significant port, empties into Bideford Bay in the Bristol Channel, having formed a large estuary of wide meanders which at its western end is the estuary of the River Torridge.