River Avon, Bristol
Point OS Grid Ref Notes a
Source ST811813 near Acton Turville
Luckington ST833838 Luckington
Sherston ST853860 Sherston
Tetbury Avon confluence ST936870 Malmesbury
M4 Motorway ST949795 M4 Bridge
River Marden confluence ST935741 Dauntsey Vale
Chippenham ST919733 Chippenham
National Trust village ST917682 Lacock
Melksham ST904638 Melksham
Norman bridge ST825609 Bradford on Avon
Avoncliff Aqueduct ST804599 Avoncliff
River Frome , Somerset confluence ST784620 Freshford
Dundas Aqueduct ST783626 Dundas Aqueduct
Claverton Pumping Station ST790644 Claverton
Bathford bridge & Bybrook River confluence ST786669 Bathford
Toll bridge ST777664 Bathampton
Cleveland Bridge ST752657 Cleveland Bridge
Pulteney Bridge and weir ST751650 Pulteney Bridge
Kennet and Avon Canal confluence ST755643 Bath Locks
Weston Lock ST723649 Newbridge
Route and points of interest
The Avon Gorge and the Clifton Suspension Bridge Map all coordinates using : OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as : KML · GPX
The River Avon is an English river in the south west of the country. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, this river is often also known as the Bristol Avon. The name Avon is a cognate of the Welsh word afon, river. The Avon rises just north of the village of Acton Turville in South Gloucestershire, before flowing through Wiltshire. In its lower reaches from Bath to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth near Bristol, the river is navigable and known as the Avon Navigation. The Avon is the 19th longest river in the UK at although there are just as the crow flies between the source and its mouth in the Severn Estuary. The catchment area is .