River Avon photograph

River Avon

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Length120 km
Discharge21. 98 m³/s
SourceActon Turville
Mouth Severn Estuary
Cities Bristol
Bath
Bridges The Clifton Suspension Bridge
Pulteney Bridge
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About River Avon


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'.

RSPCA: Most 'weird and wonderful' animal rescues of 2022

RSPCA: Most 'weird and wonderful' animal rescues of 2022
Jan 1,2023 3:11 am

... " The River Avon runs from the coast all the way along through Keynsham where the pub is situated at the water s edge, so it s likely he found his way there swimming upstream from the coast, " said RSPCA wildlife supervisor Paul Oaten...

The allotment firms helping to trim long waiting lists

The allotment firms helping to trim long waiting lists
Jul 21,2022 8:30 am

... That location, beside the River Avon, is already said to be 97% sold out, and the firm has plans to open five more sites across the South West of England...

Headlines: Prince Andrew and US in the war about Epstein's request

Headlines: Prince Andrew and US in the war about Epstein's request
Jun 9,2020 2:17 am

... The Times reported that Home Secretary Priti Patel has said, the chief constable of Avon and Somerset Police, he needs the law, after protesters with a Black Lives matter demonstration in Bristol, moved a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston and threw it into the River Avon...

Building growth points to a comeback of the Council house

Building growth points to a comeback of the Council house
Feb 24,2020 4:10 am

... A short walk from the River Avon in Bristol, looking out on a Playground, it is a collection of new-built houses...

Week in pictures: 11-17. January 2020

Week in pictures: 11-17. January 2020
Feb 16,2020 10:13 am

... Vehicles negotiate flooded the B4069 road Christian Malford in Wiltshire, England, on the River Avon and its banks burst...

UK to bask in sunshine on Bank Holiday Monday

UK to bask in sunshine on Bank Holiday Monday
Feb 16,2020 5:39 am

... Tourists enjoy the sunshine on boats on the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon Paddle boarders take to the sea at Blyth, Northumberland Miriam Lansdell told the PA news agency: My daughter started coughing...

Snow may disrupt travel across the UK, Met Office says

Snow may disrupt travel across the UK, Met Office says
Feb 16,2020 12:39 am

... A morning jog by the River Avon in Bristol Luke, a five-year-old Labrador, plays in the snow A dusting of snow near Biggin Hill Airport, to the south of London Snow and ice caused travel delays and closed hundreds of schools in much of the UK on Wednesday...

Week in pictures: 11-17. January 2020

Feb 16,2020 12:39 am

A selection of news photos around The World This Week .

the sails of The Sydney Opera House are lit up, the fight with pictures of thanks to the rescue services and volunteers against the Bush fires in Australia. A survivor of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, plays football at an event in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic , on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the disaster. The earthquake, which measured 7. 0 on the Richter scale devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing nearly 300,000 people. People of The District Line of the London Underground to, as part of the no pants subway ride event. With origins as a prank on the New York subway, the "No pants subway ride" has become an international, annual event in which participants travel on the U-Bahn transport system without your pants. Residents to clean roofs of volcanic ash after the eruption of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines. On an island in The Middle of a lake, it is one of The World 's smallest volcanoes and has included at least 34 eruptions in the last 450 years. Authorities in the surrounding province of Batangas, declared a "state of calamity", which means big trouble. A Man jumps over a burning barricade during a protest against the economic hardship and the lack of a new government in Beirut. Protests have taken place Since October 2019. Lebanon, the commercial banks have been the restriction of the saver access to their deposits, and blocked most transfers abroad for More Than two months. U.S. presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren talks with rivals, Senator Bernie Sanders , the activist billionaire Tom Steyer has in, after the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate in Des Moines , Iowa. Ms Warren had claimed that Mr Sanders said in December 2018 that a woman could not win The Presidency . He refuses to say it. Vehicles negotiate flooded the B4069 road Christian Malford in Wiltshire, England, on the River Avon and its banks burst. Actors Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen hug at the London premiere of the TV show Star Trek : Picard. The character will be documented in a new CBS All Access " series will be life after Star Trek : The Next Generation. Samburu-men try to fight off a swarm of desert locusts can fly over pasture land in Lemasulani village, Samburu County, Kenya. A newborn white rhinoceros by the name of Willi runs in addition to his mother, Shakina in the Dortmund Zoo in Germany.

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