The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren, pronounced [ˈavɔn ˈhavrɛn]), at 220 miles (354 km) long, is the longest river in Great Britain. It is also the river...
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The River Avon /ˈeɪvən/ is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the...
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The River Avon /ˈeɪvən/ (AY-vən), also /ˈeɪvɒn/ (AY-von) in central England flows generally southwestwards and is a major left-bank and easternmost tributary...
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Gloucester River (/ˈɡlɒstər/ GLOST-ər), a perennial river and major tributary of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast hinterland...
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Thunderbolts Way. Gloucester River flows adjacent to the town, just above its junction with the Avon River. At the 2016 census, Gloucester had a population...
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the Froom, is a river that rises in Dodington Park, South Gloucestershire and flows southwesterly through Bristol to join the river Avon. It is approximately...
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and rivers, periodic serious flooding occurs in the Avon Valley at Gloucester, sometimes cutting all transport links.[citation needed] The Gloucester River...
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The Little Avon River is a small river partly in southern Gloucestershire and partly in South Gloucestershire. For much of its length it forms the boundary...
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The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal (also known as the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal) is a ship canal in the west of England, between Gloucester and Sharpness...
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Gloucestershire (redirect from County of Gloucester)
and River Song in their childhoods and young adulthoods. Additionally, the 2020 episode "Fugitive of the Judoon" was set and filmed at Gloucester Cathedral...
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1662 to oversee making the Wye and the River Lugg navigable. He had previously worked on the Warwickshire Avon to make that navigable. Some £1,300 had...
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Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles (140 km), made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by...
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flows through a nature reserve and city parks before joining the tidal River Avon at Sea Mills. A medieval water mill near its mouth gave the area its name...
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similar. Rivers of New South Wales template Waterways of Sydney template A Abercrombie Aberfoyle Abington Adelong Adjungbilly Allyn Apsley Araluen Avon (source...
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Oldland Common to Avon Riverside. It follows the Avon Valley southeast from Oldland Common to Bitton and then it runs alongside the River Avon from Bitton towards...
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Gloucester Docks is a historic area of the city of Gloucester. The docks are located at the northern junction of the River Severn with the Gloucester...
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Gloucester (/ˈɡlɒstər/ GLOS-tər) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River...
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castle established in the late 11th century on the north bank of the River Avon in Bristol. Remains can be seen today in Castle Park near the Broadmead...
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England that existed between 1974 and 1996. The county was named after the River Avon, which flows through the area. It was formed from the county boroughs...
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Burns as "liquid history". Two broad canals link the river to other rivers: the Kennet and Avon Canal (Reading to Bath) and the Grand Union Canal (London...
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Tetbury Avon, also known as the River Avon (Tetbury Branch), Little Avon or Ingleburn (Anglo-Saxon – English river), is a tributary of the Bristol Avon in...
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coal from pits in the Coalpit Heath area, north-east of Bristol, to the River Avon opposite Keynsham. It was dependent on another line for access to the...
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Sharpness, Gloucestershire (category Populated places on the River Severn)
gloucesterdocks.me.uk. Maggs, Colin G. (1992). The Bristol and Gloucester Railway and the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway (2nd ed.). Oakwood Press. p. 33...
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meanders across river meadows before joining the Bristol Avon adjacent to the point where the Bristol and Bath Railway Path crosses the Avon. Ochre, a mixture...
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road. It then turns north, ending at the Avon River / Ōtākaro. A bridge, Dallington Bridge, crosses the river at this point, and the street continues as...
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Lam Brook (category Bristol Avon catchment)
southerly direction for approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) before joining the river Avon at Lambridge in Bath. The brook is mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter...
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Bristol itself. The acts were the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. xciii) and the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Act 1828 (9 Geo...
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Severn Way (category River Severn)
Lawrence Weston, Shirehampton and through the Avon Gorge. The River Avon Trail is part of the Kennet and Avon Walk which goes cross country from Reading...
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release an arriving train engine. The station is on the north bank of the River Avon. The locomotive shed was about half a mile from the station to the north...
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