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Avoncliff: a potted history Avoncliff is a hamlet in the Parish of Westwood and comprises 27 homes (3 of which are actually in the parish of Winsley), several boat homes and a public house. The hamlet lies in the bottom of the valley formed by the River Avon and is divided into 3 sectors by the Kennet and Avon Canal, the railway and the River Avon. Avoncliff is dominated by the Avoncliff aqueduct which carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the railway and is bounded on its eastern edge by mill buildings and on its western edge by Ancliff Square, an imposing rectangular building formerly known as The Old Court. www.avoncliff.co.uk /history   (178 words)

Wessex Cam Strictly speacking, I should have titled this week's pictures as "Trowbridge to Avoncliff" as that was the walk I made, but as Bradford on Avon was the inspiration and many of the pictures were taken there I'm putting these pictures under the same banner to link them to the other weeks' pages. An immaculate narrowboat approaches Bradford on Avon from Avoncliff on the Kennet and Avon Canal. The Avoncliff Aqueduct is actually two aqueducts: this is the original over the River Avon, the other goes over the railway (we saw it in the picture at the top of the page). www.wessexcam.com /bradford3.html   (586 words)

The Cross Guns at Avoncliff One of the oldest buildings in Avoncliff, the twin-gabled central section of The Cross Guns is believed to date back to the 1490’s, the central inglenook fireplace being of the same style as those found at Hampton Court. The additional trade this generated for the pub necessitated the construction of the Western extension in which the snug was housed. The rural serenity of Avoncliff was disturbed from 1794, when the 9th (Bradford on Avon) Battalion of the Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers was formed and a rifle range established alongside the canal. www.crossguns.net /history.php   (461 words)

bothererblog » Adventure #2: Avoncliff to Farleigh Hungerford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Increasing my sense of isolation by standing in the middle of an empty field wasn’t all that enticing when I was already going stir-crazy for company in the middle of the populated area. Avoncliff, despite the wretched fumes mysteriously belching out of the water, is extremely pretty. When you get on you have to ask the conductor to stop the train there, and he lets you out his narrow door at the front, onto what I heard someone else say was the smallest train platform in England. botherer.cream.org /?p=566   (2102 words)

First time out - any local knowledge appreciated :) - Canal World Discussion Forums Foxhanger to Avoncliff by friday is no problem, but back again in 2 days would be quite a thrash. There is mooring on your right as you approach, spot your space, then there is a hard right to cross the aqueduct and the only place for miles to wind the boat is on the corner at the other side just as you clear the aqueduct itself. If you do not wish to stay (or eat) at Avoncliffe, I would cruise on to Dundas, there are a few moorings before the Aqueduct, a few more in the basin, and plenty after the Basin. www.canalworld.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=4009   (2435 words)

The Cross Guns at Avoncliff The local mills and factory were still hard at work and although the surrounding quarries had closed a decade earlier, there was a sizeable workforce of thirsty stonemasons employed at the stone yard beyond the canal aqueduct. In this period also, the patients of the Red Cross hospital at Avoncliff assisted their recuperation with bottles of Usher’s Stout from the pub, much to the annoyance of Matron! During the Second World War the wealth of both the Queen and the Cross Guns’ landlord were assured. www.crossguns.net /history2.php   (497 words)

home page Avoncliff is a Wiltshire hamlet situated at a narrow point along the valley of the Bristol Avon between Bradford on Avon and Bath. It has no church, chapel or school though it does boast an ancient pub and a railway halt; it also lies on the course of the Kennet and Avon Canal which crosses the Avon here by a monumental aqueduct. What Avoncliff possesses in abundance is evidence of a long and varied industrial past. www.monkton-farleigh.co.uk /ac_home.html   (273 words)

The Cross Guns at Avoncliff There is a uniquely attractive terraced garden to relax, or dine ‘al fresco’ with seating galore from which to enjoy the natural vegetation, and riverside wild life. The Cross Guns, which dates back to 1550, is uniquely situated in a country setting in the quiet canal-side hamlet of AVONCLIFF, set amidst the Kennet and Avon Canal and the River Avon flowing under the Aqueduct which gracefully adorns the Cross Gun garden. The Cross Guns is open every day of the week throughout the year and this family run establishment aims to ensure a friendly comfortable atmosphere with good food and pleasing wines and ales. www.crossguns.net /about.php   (175 words)

railway1 Avoncliff - The Secret History of an Industrial Hamlet in War and Peace A thoroughly researched, well written and truly fascinating account of this diminutive Wiltshire community situated on the River Avon, Kennet and Avon Canal and Railway between Bradford on Avon and Bath. Avoncliff Halt shortly after it opened in 1906. www.monkton-farleigh.co.uk /ac_railway1.html   (76 words)

Rough Guides Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Avoncliff is a tiny village situated to the west of Bradford-on-Avon, which forms the western limits of this journal, and thus, the ideal place to start. Work on the canal began here in 1794, and it was evident from the surveyors that an aqueduct would be required to carry the navigation across the River Avon, which flowed at a level of about 30 feet lower than the intended route of the canal. The Avoncliff Aqueduct was started in 1796 and took 2 years to complete. travel.roughguides.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?JournalID=42346&EntryID=44946   (288 words)

Cross Guns, Avoncliff, Wiltshire - pub details # beerintheevening.com Address: Avoncliff, Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2HB [map] [gmap] Avoncliff (0.1 miles), Freshford (1 mile), Bradford-on-avon (1.4 miles) There's not much parking locally, Avoncliff is a hamlet, so park in Bradford and walk the 2 miles along the canal. www.beerintheevening.com /pubs/s/14/14413/Cross_Guns/Avoncliff   (386 words)

Slow Travel United Kingdom - Kennet and Avon Canal, walking from Bath to Bradford on Avon, Devizes Caen Hill Locks The Avoncliff aqueduct is similar to the Dundas aqueduct. When walking from Bath to Dundas, we had the sun behind us, but when walking from Bradford on Avon to Avoncliff, we were walking right into the sun (on a hot day). Avoncliff and Avoncliff Aqueduct: (Train station) There is a train station, the Mad Hatter Tea Room and The Cross Guns pub in Avoncliff. www.slowtrav.com /uk/hiking/kennet_avon_canal.htm   (2849 words)

Kennet & Avon Canal Trust 'Jubilee' Website/pleasure Continued from previous seasons, this popular Claverton trip starts off along the reclaimed Somerset Coal Canal joining the Kennet and Avon Canal at Dundas Basin. A two and a half hour boat journey plus a 45 minute stop) at Avoncliff Aqueduct for teas and cake at the Mad Hatter Restaurant and Tea Room. From Brassknocker Visitor Centre we travel along the Somerset Coal Canal to Dundas Basin, then we cross the Aqueduct and on towards Avoncliff passing through wonderful open countryside with hills and woods. www.bath-narrowboat-trips.co.uk /pages/pleasure.html   (137 words)

Beyond Bath - Limpley Stoke and Midford Valleys - Visit Bath Once a bustling canal connecting London with the port of Bristol, it is now a pleasant setting for waterside strolls and holidays onboard colourful narrowboats. The wooded Limpley Stoke Valley is a tranquil setting, dotted with sleepy villages such as Bathampton, Freshford and Avoncliff. For a rail journey through the Limpley Stoke Valley take the Southampton line from Bath Spa Railway Station and alight at Freshford or Avoncliff (watch out, though, as these are usually request stops only). visitbath.co.uk /beyond-bath/limpley_stoke_and_midford_valleys   (503 words)

The Cross Guns Avoncliff (from Swindon Advertiser)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Ken and Jenny Roberts have been celebrating as their 16th century pub, the Cross Guns, Avoncliff, has just won the award for the Country Pub of the Year. The pub saw a lot of visitors during the six-month Rail Ale Trail and not all of them were the stereotypical CAMRA enthusiasts and train spotters. A group of young men in their 20s, who had planned their trip on the railway in great detail, went from Avoncliff to Weymouth and back one day and Avoncliff to Bristol and back the next, in order to sample all the pubs on the route. www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk /swindontourism/swindontourismeatingout/display.var.780087.0.the_cross_guns_avoncliff.php   (580 words)

self catering Cottages Bradford on Avon: Wiltshire Character holiday Cottage in Avoncliff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Self catering Cottages in Avoncliff near Bradford on Avon Wiltshire Avoncliff is a tiny hamlet in rural Wiltshire sitting in the Limpley Stoke Valley, consisting of only 27 homes, a public house - with a good reputation for its food and real ales - 20 yards from front door and a local train station. The small market town of Bradford-on-Avon is only a short walk along the towpath and the World Heritage City of Bath can be reached by a 20 minute train journey. www.cottage-net.ision.co.uk /gardenerscottage.htm   (393 words)

The Cross Guns at Avoncliff Nestled on the canal towpath by Avoncliff station between Bath and Bradford on Avon, this 16th Century Inn has idyllic riverside pub gardens where you can enjoy a sumptuous barbie while enjoying panoramic views of the canal crossing the river. The Cross Guns is justly famous for it's real ales and whiskies. The Cross Guns, Avoncliff, nr Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts, BA15 2HB www.crossguns.net   (102 words)

First Great Western December 2006 Timetable Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Avoncliff - 0758 - Freshford - 0801 - Bath Spa - 0813 - Bristol Temple Meads - 0835. Avoncliff - 0711 - Freshford - 0715 - Bath Spa - 0728 - Bristol Temple Meads - 0745. 3) There is a planned INCREASE in the number of trains serving Avoncliff and Freshford during these times, despite the populations that they serve being smaller than that of many of the stations on this list. www.savethetrain.org.uk /forum/index.php?topic=357.msg1078   (4308 words)

Welcome to Rebel Angel Shop : We sell Crystals, jewelry, gems, minerals and much more... Located near Bath, SW ... Our site is currently under reconstruction, and we will be up and running shortly. The Rebel Angel shop is located in the tiny yet beautiful hamlet of Avoncliff, near Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, and not far from Bath. It is accessible by train (request stop), car, bicycle, canal boat and on foot, and is the only shop in the area. www.rebel-angel.co.uk   (181 words)

Bath to Bradford on Avon along the Kennet & Avon canal towpath at www.paulspages.co.uk Aqueducts carry canals across rivers, valleys and anything else that gets in their way. There are two on this route (the other's at Avoncliff). Round this final bend, then a straight run to Avoncliff. www.paulspages.co.uk /bbcycle/kacyclebb.shtml   (2808 words)

Kennet & Avon Canal: Waterscape.com This short, easy ride takes you through a piece of history, from the impressive Avoncliff Aqueduct, through historic villages of Sharpstone, Farleigh Hungerford and Westwood, before bringing you back to join the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath. This will join the canal's towpath once more and turning left on here, will take you back to your starting point. Parking: There is parking in Westwood and Avoncliff. www.waterscape.com /Kennet_&_Avon_Canal/cycling/Avoncliff_-_Farleigh_Hungerford_loop   (259 words)

GirlOnFire » Avoncliff! Not much there but it was very pretty, ruined by the number of cars driving around the town! We then drove to Avoncliff, down the road which looks like a dirt track and was a very steep hill! Parked up and went for a walk for an hour along the canal! www.girlonfire.co.uk /index.php?p=173&c=1   (247 words)

The Mad Hatter Tearooms Avoncliff (from Wiltshire Times)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The Mad Hatter Tearooms Avoncliff (from Wiltshire Times) Is a Trowbridge garage right to publish CCTV images of suspected shoplifters? THE Mad Hatter tearooms and restaurant in Avoncliff is under new management. www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk /wiltshiretimesleisure/eatingout/display.var.699838.0.the_mad_hatter_tearooms_avoncliff.php   (410 words)

COLBY-SHEWRING COLLECTION: FOLDER LISTING References include Cambridge University; Shewring's friends the Dunsdons of Avoncliff; Prudence Dunsdon, who is the grand-daughter of Eric Gill, and a photograph of the Dunsdons which he enclosed with the letter. DESCRIPTION: Contains 1 ALS (w/ envelope) dated August 18, 1987, written at Avoncliff, Bradford-on-Avon, from Walter Shewring to Gina Thompson. References include the Dunsdon family, his three-week stay at Cambridge, and his book on Socrates and Plato. www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/fl/f233}1.htm   (844 words)

Holiday Cottages Bradford on Avon: Self catering Wiltshire Character Cottage Avoncliff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Holiday Cottages Bradford on Avon: Self catering Wiltshire Character Cottage Avoncliff Bradford on Avon holiday cottages near Wiltshire: A charming self catering period cottage by the canal and river near Bath and the Cotswolds. Wiltshire: Holiday cottages Bradford on Avon - Self catering accommodation Bath - self catering cottages Bradford on Avon www.cottagenet.co.uk /gardenerscottage.htm   (386 words)

Rural railway, train travel in south west England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) It you'd like to know more about the Heart of Wessex Line and the Community Rail Partnership that supports it, we'll be at the Yeovil Country Park Fair on Bank Holiday Monday 30th May, and at Yetminster Fair on Saturday 9th July. Extra services for Avoncliff and Freshford from this summer! Let the conductor know in plenty of time if you wish to alight there, or give the driver a clear hand signal if you wish to board. www.heartofwessex.org.uk /news.html   (227 words)

Freshford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The village has also continued a long standing tradition of attracting retired people of status. The popular Kennet and Avon Canal is visible across the Avon valley from the village, but the nearest crossings of the (river) Avon are at Avoncliff and Limpley Stoke, so this brings little prosperity to the village, whilst at Avoncliff there is not only a public house but also a tea-room. This page was last modified 22:53, 14 October 2006. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freshford   (610 words)

Welcome to Avoncliff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) If you need something translated from : French, Danish or german to English. Clay and Game Shooting.co.uk are based near Avoncliff in Bradford on Avon. They sell a large selection of products for Clay and Game Shooting. www.avoncliff.co.uk   (142 words)

Water Science & Technology 48:10 (2003) 9-16 - B.A. Carroll - Strategic water planning for South East England: ... Strategic water planning for South East England: preparing for proposed development Director, Enfusion Ltd, 1 Ancliff Square, Avoncliff, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 2HD, UK, and Visiting Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Glasgow GL12 8QQ, UK (E-mail: barbara.carroll@enfusion.co.uk) The South East of England has one of the fastest growing and economically active populations in Europe, with associated significant pressures from development, particularly housing and transport. www.iwaponline.com /wst/04810/wst048100009.htm   (246 words)

National Rail Enquiries - Station Facilities for Avoncliff National Rail Enquiries - Station Facilities for Avoncliff Buy online and save at least 1/3 on most train fares Changes at Hayes for the Heathrow connect service. www.nationalrail.co.uk /stations/AVF.html   (282 words)

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