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 w ...

, a dry valley. It may also refer to:

Places

Australia

* Coombe, South Australia, a locality in the Coorong District Council

England

* Coombe, Buckinghamshire * Coombe, Camborne, Cornwall * Coombe, Gwennap, Cornwall (near Redruth) * Coombe, Kea, Cornwall (near Truro) * Coombe, Liskeard, Cornwall ** Coombe Junction Halt railway station * 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, Kent * Coombe, Croydon, 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 * Coombe, Enford, Wiltshire * Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire * Coombe Dingle, Bristol * Combe Fields, Warwickshire ** Coombe Abbey, former country house, now a hotel ** Coombe Country Park, the former grounds of the house * Coombe Hill Canal, Vale of Gloucester * Coombe Keynes, Dorset

Ireland

* The Coombe, Dublin, a historic street in Dublin

United States

* Coombe Historic District, 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 (newspaper), Bunyip'' at Gawler, South Australia, Gawler from 1890 to 1914. He was a member of the Sout ...

(1858–1917), South Australian newspaper editor and politician * Robert Coombe, American chemist and educator * Rosemary J. Coombe, Canadian anthropologist and lawyer * Roy R. Coombe (1924-2016), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician * Thomas Coombe (1873–1959), Australian businessman

Other uses

* Coombe Hall (1871–1932), Scottish footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers * Coombe Cellars, a public house in south Devon, England * Coombe Boys' School, a secondary school, New Malden, London, England * Coombe Clipless Pedal, a type of bicycle pedal * Coombe Dean School, 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