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Few canal sights in Britain match the splendour of the Caen Hill flight of 29 locks which raises the Kennet and Avon canal 230 feet over a two mile stretch.

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

The old parish of Great Comberton runs from the river Avon to the summit of Bredon Hill.

Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.

Bridge End is on the south bank of the Avon, where all the roads from the south previously met to cross into Warwick.

The project cost about £600,000, and involved diverting the Avon to the south from Totterdown and round the city to link up with its old course.

This village's name means 'a ford only available in summer'; the church stands above the Bristol Avon.

For the mid 13th century, it represented a major feat of civil engineering that involved diverting the course of the River Frome from its ancient junction with the Avon.

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the river Avon.

The spire is of the Congregational (now United Reformed) church, with the Victorian clock tower opposite on the bridge over the Avon.

Castle Road (part of the A360 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.

This Wiltshire village grew up on three roughly parallel terraces on the steep and well-wooded Avon valley side, with the parish church at the south end.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch

From here you can travel to London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon by canal.

The tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the cathedral and its incomparably magnificent 404-foot spire, the tallest in England.

This is Thomas Telford's iron bridge, crossing the River Severn at its junction with the River Avon.

Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view.

This view looks from the north bank of the Avon, near the toll bridge.