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A paddle tug prepares to get under way again after bringing a vessel up the Avon.

The building in this view of the river Avon is Cleeve Mill.

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

This view of the Kennet and Avon Canal, taken from the Town Bridge, shows the site of Hungerford Wharf.

This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community.

About a mile from Bidford, the hamlet of Marlcliff sits snugly below the eponymous marl cliff beside the River Avon.

Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

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

The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away.

In the valley to the east are the winding waters of the River Avon, to the west the trees of Ringwood Forest.

So many towns and villages in Worcestershire are beautifully set on the banks of the county's rivers - as Wyre Piddle is on the Avon.

To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point.

Abbot Lichfield's Bell Tower, built in 1539, dominates the water meadows of the River Avon. Notice the Romany caravans at rest on the far bank.

Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.

The River Avon is famous for a rare kind of eel, called locally a sniggle; unlike the Common Eel, it has an elongated jaw and slender form.

In very early times Fordingbridge was known simply as 'Forde' , a crossing point of the Avon since prehistoric times.

In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon. One of the movement's organisers was Thomas Cook, founder of the famous travel agents.

Standing on a little hilltop, Sopley Church overlooks the course of the Avon.

The church of St Lawrence is right alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal. This view today, a century later, is almost unchanged.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon. The town gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

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 and

This is part of Binton Bridges, linked bridges which span the Avon between Welford and Binton by way of mid- stream islands.

Tetbury is one of the statelier towns of the southern Cotswolds, overlooking a tributary of the River Avon. Its location prevented it from being despoiled by the industrialists of the 19th century.

It was best at high tide, for then the muddy bottom of the Avon would not be on show.