Coombe is an alternate spelling of

combe A combe (; also spelled coombe or coomb and, in place names, comb) can refer either to a steep, narrow valley, or to a small valley or large hollow on the side of a hill; in any case, it is often understood simply to mean a small valley through wh ...

, a dry valley. It may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Coombe, South Australia __NOTOC__ Coombe is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the municipal seat in Tailem Bend. Coombe ’s boundaries were created on 24 August 2 ...

, a locality in the Coorong District Council

England

Coombe, Buckinghamshire Coombe is a hamlet in the parish of Ellesborough in the English county of Buckinghamshire, situated between Coombe Hill and Chequers, the official country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At the 2011 Census the population of ...

* Coombe, Camborne, Cornwall * Coombe, Gwennap, Cornwall (near Redruth) *

Coombe, Kea Coombe ( kw, Komm) is a village in Kea, Cornwall, Kea parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies beside the River Fal approximately south of Truro at .Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' Coombe l ...

, Cornwall (near Truro) *

Coombe, Liskeard Coombe ( kw, Komm) is a settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Liskeard.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' Coombe Junction Halt is a station and rai ...

, Cornwall **

Coombe Junction Halt railway station Coombe Junction Halt railway station serves the villages of Coombe and Lamellion near Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated on the Looe Valley Line and operated by Great Western Railway. All trains on this line have to reverse at ...

* Coombe, Morwenstow, Cornwall (near Bude) * Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall (near St Austell) * Coombe, East Devon, Devon (near Sidmouth) * Coombe, Mid Devon, Devon (near Tiverton) * Coombe, Teignmouth, Teignbridge, Devon * Coombe, Dorset (in Whitchurch Canonicorum) * Coombe, Gloucestershire *

Coombe, Hampshire Coombe is a village in Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Sou ...

* Coombe, Kent *

Coombe, Croydon Coombe is a place in the London Borough of Croydon, situated south-east of central Croydon, between Addiscombe, Selsdon and Upper Shirley. Formerly a hamlet, since the growth of suburban development the area has become swallowed into the London ...

, London *

Coombe, Kingston upon Thames Coombe is a historic neighbourhood in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south west London, England. It sits on high ground, east of Norbiton. Most of the area was part of the former Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe before local ...

, London * Coombe, Crewkerne, Somerset * Coombe, Taunton, Somerset *

Coombe, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire Donhead St Mary is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England, on the county border with Dorset. The village lies about east of the Dorset town of Shaftesbury and stands on high ground above the River ...

Coombe, Enford Coombe is a hamlet of the civil parish of Enford, Wiltshire, England, about north of the cathedral city of Salisbury. It lies on the River Avon between the larger villages of Enford and Netheravon, with nearly half of its houses on the road co ...

, Wiltshire *

Coombe Bissett Coombe Bissett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire in the River Ebble valley, southwest of Salisbury on the A354 road that goes south towards Blandford Forum. The parish includes the village of Homington, to the ...

, Wiltshire *

Coombe Dingle, Bristol Coombe Dingle is a suburb of Bristol, England, centred near where the Hazel Brook tributary of the River Trym emerges from a limestone gorge bisecting the Blaise Castle Estate to join the main course of the Trym. Historically this area formed ...

Combe Fields Combe Fields is a civil parish in the Rugby district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. The parish has no village, but contains Coombe Abbey, after which it is named, and a few isolated houses. In the 2001 census the parish had a population o ...

, Warwickshire ** Coombe Abbey, former country house, now a hotel ** Coombe Country Park, the former grounds of the house *

Coombe Hill Canal Coombe Hill Canal lies in the Vale of Gloucester, south west England, north of Leigh and runs west from Coombe Hill Basin to the River Severn near Wainlode Hill. It opened in 1796 and closed 80 years later in 1876, after the only lock was da ...

, Vale of Gloucester *

Coombe Keynes Coombe Keynes is a hamlet, civil parish and depopulated village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. The village is about south of Wool and about west-south-west of Wareham. In 2013 the population of the civil parish was estimated ...

, Dorset

Ireland

* The Coombe, Dublin, a historic street in Dublin

United States

* Coombe Historic District, Felton, Kent County, Delaware

People

Dorothy Coombe Dorothy Sargent Coombe (17 March 1896 – 27 November 1982) was an early Australian trade unionist. She was a long-running assistant secretary of the Australian Government Workers Association, setting a record in this capacity, and was the first wo ...

(1896–1982), Australian trade unionist * E. H. Coombe (1858–1917), South Australian newspaper editor and politician *

Robert Coombe Robert Coombe is a chemist and an educator. He has been a faculty member at the University of Denver since 1981. From 2005 until 2014 he was chancellor. Education and Work Background Robert Coombe was born in 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri, lived ...

, American chemist and educator * Rosemary J. Coombe, Canadian anthropologist and lawyer * Roy R. Coombe (1924-2016), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician *

Thomas Coombe Sir Thomas Melrose Coombe (3 December 1873 – 22 July 1959) was an Australian cricketer, businessman and philanthropist, best known for his role in the film industry of Western Australia. Early life Coombe was born at Melrose, South Australia ...

(1873–1959), Australian businessman

Other uses

* Coombe Hall (1871–1932), Scottish footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers *

Coombe Cellars Coombe Cellars Inn is a public house on the south bank of the estuary of the River Teign in south Devon, England. It is in the parish of Haccombe with Combe, near the village of Combeinteignhead. The pub was owned by Brewers Fayre until 2006. A ...

, a public house in south Devon, England *

Coombe Boys' School Coombe Boys' School and Sixth Form is a non-selective state secondary school with a mixed sixth form in New Malden, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England. The cohort comprises boys from Years 7 to 11 and a joint sixth form facility is ...

, a secondary school, New Malden, London, England * Coombe Clipless Pedal, a type of bicycle pedal *

Coombe Dean School Coombe Dean School Academy, opened in 1976, is a secondary school located on the outskirts of Plymouth, Devon, England. , it had 970 pupils. The school gained Specialist School status in September 2003. Ofsted awarded the school 'Outstanding' ...

, a specialist secondary school in Plymouth, Devon, England *

Coombe Girls' School Coombe Girls' School is an all-girls secondary school and co-educational sixth form with academy status in New Malden, South-West London, England. The school is a Leading Edge School, a Training School and specialises in languages. The school ...

, an all-female secondary school in New Malden, South-West London, England *

Coombe Women's Hospital The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital (; ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Ban ⁊ Naonáin an Chúim) is a voluntary teaching hospital providing a range of medical services to both women and newborn infants in Dublin, Ireland. It is managed by ...

, Dublin, Ireland *

Coombe Wood Coombe Wood is a small () woodland and garden area in the old village of Coombe, South Croydon near the junction of Coombe Lane and Conduit Lane. The Coombe Wood Gardens are divided into a series of rooms which together give an all-year-round di ...

, a garden in the London Borough of Croydon, England