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The River Yeo, commonly known as the Congresbury Yeo to differentiate it from other rivers with similar names, is a watercourse that traverses North Somerset. Its source can be found at the heart of Compton Martin village, located in the Bath and North East Somerset district. The river originates as a spring that supplies water to the village duckpond. Continuing on its course, it passes through Ubley and eventually reaches Blagdon Lake, which was created in the 1890s by impounding the river's flow, just north of the village of Blagdon.Proceeding from the lake, the river meanders south of Wrington and Iwood, where a series of watermills once operated along its banks. It then skirts the northern outskirts of Congresbury, flowing across the North Somerset Levels in a general parallel alignment with the A370 road. Along this stretch, the river passes near the site of a Roman villa before passing beneath the M5 motorway and finally discharging into the Severn Estuary in Woodspring Bay. This estuary lies downstream from Clevedon and to the west of the village of Kingston Seymour. Adjacent to the river's mouth in the Severn Estuary, on land owned by the Environment Agency and leased by the Avon Wildlife Trust, are Blake's Pools. These pools were excavated between 1983 and 1987 with the intention of fostering wildlife habitat. This camera was installed and is maintained by the Environment Agency and can be viewed here All  content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0.  The River Yeo forms an integral part of the Severn Estuary, which holds designations as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area, and a Ramsar site.