Nine Mile River, Wiltshire

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Nine Mile River
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Nine Mile River in Bulford
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Region Wiltshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationnear Milston, Wiltshire
  coordinates 51°12′22″N1°46′08″W / 51.20611°N 1.76889°W / 51.20611; -1.76889
Mouth  
  location
Bulford, Wiltshire
  coordinates
51°11′20″N1°45′36″W / 51.18889°N 1.76000°W / 51.18889; -1.76000
Basin features
Tributaries 
  right Damson Brook

Nine Mile River is a small river in Wiltshire, England. The river is not nine miles long, instead its name arose because carters reckoned they were nine miles from Salisbury when they reached it. The river rises in the civil parish of Milston and joins the River Avon in the village of Bulford. At about halfway through its course, still in the parish of Milston, it is joined by the small Damson Brook.

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