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This famous Edwardian county hotel was built on the edge of Savernake Forest, where the Great Western Railway and the Kennet and Avon Canal enter the Vale of Pewsey.

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 ft spire, the highest in England.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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. The mill buildings are still in use (compare this view with the last one).

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

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.