Somerset
- The River Yeo (South Somerset), which joins the River Parrett near Langport. This river flows through Sherborne in Dorset, and the Somerset towns of Yeovil, Yeovilton and Ilchester
- The Congresbury Yeo, which runs from Compton Martin to the Bristol Channel near Kingston Seymour. The Yeo Valley company which produces organic yoghurt was originally based close to this river
- The Cheddar Yeo, which rises in Gough's Cave in the Cheddar Gorge, and is a tributary of the River Axe
- The Mark Yeo, another tributary of the River Axe
- The Lox Yeo River, another tributary of the River Axe
- The Blind Yeo
- The Land Yeo
- The Middle Yeo. These last three all drain the moors between Clevedon and Tickenham to the Bristol Channel
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