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, 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 o ...

Coombe, Camborne Coombe ( kw, Komm) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated two miles (3 km) north of the town of Camborne Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was ...

, Cornwall *

Coombe, Gwennap Coombe ( kw, Komm) is a settlement in Gwennap civil parish, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three-and-a-half miles (6 km) southeast of Redruth Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in ...

, Cornwall (near Redruth) * Coombe, Kea, Cornwall (near Truro) * Coombe, Liskeard, Cornwall ** Coombe Junction Halt railway station *

Coombe, Morwenstow Coombe ( kw, Komm) is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Combe is situated in the civil parish of Morwenstow three miles (5 km) north of Bude. Most houses in the settlement are owned by the Landmark Trust. Combe lies ...

, Cornwall (near Bude) *

Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel Coombe ( kw, Komm) is a village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately four miles (6 km) west of St Austell at .Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' It is in the civil pa ...

, Cornwall (near St Austell) * Coombe, East Devon, Devon (near Sidmouth) *

Coombe, Mid Devon Coombe is a settlement in the English county The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term "county" is defined in several ways and can a ...

, Devon (near Tiverton) *

Coombe, Teignmouth Coombe is an area of the town of Teignmouth in the English county of Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the ci ...

, Teignbridge, Devon * Coombe, Dorset (in Whitchurch Canonicorum) *

Coombe, Gloucestershire Coombe is a settlement in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is adjacent to the town of Wotton-under-Edge Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Located near the southern fringe of ...

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 is a settlement in the English county of Kent. It lies between Ash-next-Sandwich and Woodnesborough. According to Edward Hasted in 1800, it was a hamlet in the western section of the parish of Woodnesborough. Coombe Lane passes through ...

* Coombe, Croydon, London * Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, London * Coombe, Crewkerne, Somerset *

Coombe, Taunton, Somerset West Monkton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The parish includes the hamlets of Monkton Heathfield, Bathpool, and Burlinch and the western parts ...

Coombe, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire Donhead St Mary is a village and 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 Nadder, which rises in the ...

* Coombe, Enford, Wiltshire * Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire * Coombe Dingle, Bristol * Combe Fields, Warwickshire **

Coombe Abbey Coombe Abbey is a hotel which has been developed from a historic grade I listed building and former country house. It is located at Combe Fields in the Borough of Rugby, roughly midway between Coventry and Brinklow in the countryside of Warwicksh ...

, former country house, now a hotel **

Coombe Country Park Coombe Country Park is a country park located in Warwickshire, England. The park is only 4.5 miles (7.5 km) east of Coventry city centre and is managed by Coventry City Council. The park has been developed from the grounds of an old Cistercian ...

, the former grounds of the house * Coombe Hill Canal, Vale of Gloucester * Coombe Keynes, Dorset

Ireland

The Coombe, Dublin The Coombe (; ga, An Com) is a historic street in the south inner city of Dublin, Ireland. It was originally a hollow or valley where a tributary of the River Poddle, the Coombe Stream or Commons Water, ran. The name is sometimes used for the br ...

, a historic street in Dublin

United States

Coombe Historic District The Coombe Historic District is a national historic district located at Felton, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses two contributing buildings and one contributing structure near the town of Felton representing an unusual mixture of archaeol ...

, Felton, Kent County, Delaware

People

* Dorothy Coombe (1896–1982), Australian trade unionist *

E. H. Coombe Ephraim Henry Coombe (26 August 1858 – 5 April 1917) was a South Australian newspaper editor and politician. He was editor of the '' Bunyip'' at Gawler from 1890 to 1914. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1901 to ...

(1858–1917), South Australian newspaper editor and politician * Robert Coombe, American chemist and educator *

Rosemary J. Coombe Rosemary J. Coombe is a Canadian anthropologist and lawyer, She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at York University and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Cultural Studies. Previously, she was a full professor ...

, Canadian anthropologist and lawyer *

Roy R. Coombe Roy R. Coombe Sr. (April 11, 1924 – August 10, 2016) was an American businessman and politician. Coombe was born in Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, and graduated from Eveleth High School. He served in the United States Navy during World ...

(1924-2016), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician * Thomas Coombe (1873–1959), Australian businessman

Other uses

Coombe Hall Coombe Hall (17 September 1871 – 1932) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers. He won the FA Cup with Blackburn in 1891, and the Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,

(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, an all-female secondary school in New Malden, South-West London, England * Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland * Coombe Wood, a garden in the London Borough of Croydon, England