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The Erme is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. It rises in a remote part of the centre of southern Dartmoor in an area of extensive early tin mining workings. In places the works are over 15 metres deep showing what was done by hand in those days. It passes through a steep gorge before entering the town of Ivybridge and becomes a ria shortly downstream near Ermington and Modbury, entering the English Channel near Kingston. At the mouth lie the beaches Wonwell and Mothercombe.
There are many good places to swim in the River Erme, there is a great spot around a 1/4 of the way into Long Timber Woods where there are rocks that you can jump off and a big deep pool where you can swim. Another place, locally known as 'The Travel Museum', due to the numerous trolleys and bikes on the River Bed :L, is near the Tennis Courts next to a grassy field, and this is good to swim in also - but there is nowhere to jump.
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Coordinates: 50°20′N 3°55′W / 50.333, -3.917
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