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The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.

It is situated on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large

Following the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the Kennet and Avon Canal was closed to navigation in 1951, about four years before this photograph was taken.

The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.

It was close by that the Roman invaders landed, founding a town close to the mouths of the Stour and the Avon.

Yelvertoft stands near the Grand Union Canal, on a stream which flows into the Avon.

Behind is the splendid medieval-style railway line of the 1840s raised above the flood plain of the Avon with castellated turrets and battlemented parapets.

Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.

Situated on the mouth of the Avon, it is a popular seaside resort, and boasts a harbour with the deepest berthing facilities in the British Isles.

Nearly seven hundred years later, the bridge was still carrying all south- bound traffic around the city and across the Avon, but a new bridge was built just downstream in 1931.

not at all apparent why it should be named Cleeve or 'cliff'; but in fact the village sits just a short distance away from a steep 200ft cliff overlooking the flood plain of the River Avon

The bridge over the Avon is in the distance.

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.

It is quite probable that ancient dwellers crossed the Avon at a nearby ford and cultivated crops on the river's fertile flood plains.

Attractive bridges over the Avon are part of Bath.

The Kennet & Avon was a working canal when this picture was taken.

It is situated on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.

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

Bigbury-on-Sea stands on a promontory above the River Avon, which rises high on southern Dartmoor.

Bradford-on-Avon has changed little in the last century.

The River Avon flows serenely through Ringwood, and not far away is Fridays Cross.

The bridge over the Avon was built in 1893.