River Camel
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The River Camel in North Cornwall rises below Hendraburnick Down and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Padstow Bay.
The Camel Trail, a favourite with walkers and cyclists, starts at Keybridge and runs along the east bank of the Camel to the east of Bodmin before turning to follow the line of the former railway on the south bank through Wadebridge to end in Padstow.
The River Camel is approximately 30 miles long.
The name derives from the Cornish language for 'the crooked one', a reference to its winding course.
Its main tributaries are the Allen, the Ruthern, the De Lank and the Stannon.
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A Dictionary of English Place-Names, OUP, 1991
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