River Kensey

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Prior's Bridge and the River Kensey

The River Kensey is a river in east Cornwall, England, UK which is a tributary of the River Tamar.

The river rises at Kensey in the parish of Treneglos and flows generally east to the south of Tresmeer and Egloskerry and then divides the town of Launceston from its suburb Newport before flowing into the Tamar about a mile east of Launceston. [1]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961

Coordinates: 50°38′25″N4°19′53″W / 50.64031°N 4.33125°W / 50.64031; -4.33125