{{Short description|River in west Cornwall, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox river | name = River Hayle | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Hayle River near St Erth - geograph.org.uk - 182864.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = River Hayle near St Erth | map = Riverhaylecornwall.gif | map_size = | map_caption = Map of the course of the River Hayle | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United Kingdom | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Cornwall | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = Crowan | source1_coordinates= {{coord|50|9|25.2|N|5|16|58.8|W|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = | mouth = Hayle Estuary | mouth_location = Hayle, St Ives Bay | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|11|31|N|5|26|6|W|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''River Hayle''' ({{langx|kw|'''Heyl'''}}, meaning ''estuary'') is a small river in West Cornwall, England, United Kingdom which issues into St Ives Bay at Hayle on Cornwall's Atlantic coast.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23148-7}}</ref>
The River Hayle is approximately {{convert|12|mi|km|abbr=off}} long and it rises south-west of Crowan village. Its course is west for approximately 5 miles (which brings the river to within 3 miles of the south coast at Marazion on Mount's Bay). It then flows through a steep wooded valley north of the granite high ground at Trescowe Common, formerly a mining area, before turning abruptly north near the hamlet of Relubbus. It then follows a northerly course for the remaining six miles to the estuary, passing St Erth.
The Hayle Estuary encompasses a disused port on the east bank and a substantial area of salt marsh named Lelant Saltings to the west. The port was once of considerable importance to Hayle's industry (see main article Hayle). Lelant Saltings is an important habitat for birds and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds runs a nature reserve there.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Hayle Estuary | work = RSPB Reserves | publisher = RSPB | date = 2009-04-28 | url = http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/h/hayleestuary/index.asp | access-date = 2010-02-09}}</ref> Areas around the estuary are designated as sites of special scientific interest (see also Hayle SSSI).
==River Hayle location information== * Mouth: Coordinates {{coord|50.192|-5.435|display=inline}}; {{gbmapping|SW 548 382}} * Relubbus (major change of course): Coordinates {{coord|50.134|-5.401|display=inline}}; grid ref. {{gbmappingsmall|SW 570 315}} * Source: Coordinates {{coord|50.157|-5.283|display=inline}}; grid ref. {{gbmappingsmall|SW 656 338}}
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Hayle Category:Cornish Killas