Search Results

This village's name means 'a ford only available in summer'; the church stands above the Bristol Avon. The tall west tower, which has battlements and pinnacles, is early Perpendicular.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

From here you can travel to London, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon by canal. At the top of the High Street stands the old National School, now the Village Hall (centre).

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

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.

The Cathedral spire dominated the surrounding countryside in previous centuries just as it does today.This view is from Harnham Hill, looking north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland

At 245ft above the Avon gorge, it has attracted many suicides and, lately, bungee jumpers.

When it was built in 1248 it was an outstanding piece of civil engineering for its time, as it involved the diverting of the River Frome from its junction with the Avon at Bristol Bridge.

This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

In this view of the River Avon, we see a horse cooling off by the ancient ford and a thatcher practising his age-old craft on one of Ringwood's most picturesque cottages.

Ringwood sits on the River Avon, and is situated on the Hampshire/Dorset border. In 1936 the town mill was demolished, making way for the first Ringwood bypass - it has since been widened.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon, and gets its original name Twyneham, or Tweoxneham, from the Anglo-Saxon meaning 'the town between the two rivers'.

Ringwood stands on the banks of the meandering River Avon, at the New Forest's western boundary. A Saxon town in origin, it may get its name from its location.

Beyond Walcot Parade is Cleveland Place, which forms a forecourt to Cleveland Bridge across the Avon.