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Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, Gloucestershire River Avon

Gloucestershire River Avon River Biss River Chew River Frome, Gloucestershire River Frome, Somerset

Gloucestershire River Avon is in Severn Estuary.

1801. The Dundas Aquaduct, Wiltshire [Map] carries the Kennet and Avon canal over the Gloucestershire River Avon. It was designed by John Rennie and chief engineer John Thomas between 1797 and 1801, and completed in 1805.

In 1864 the Clifton Suspension Bridge [Map] over the Gloucestershire River Avon opened.

Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, Gloucestershire River Avon, River Biss

The River Biss rises near Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire [Map] as the Biss Brook after which it flows past Westbury, Wiltshire [Map] to Yarnbrook, Wiltshire [Map] where it becomes the River Biss. Thereafter it continues north through Trowbridge, Wiltshire [Map] after which it joins the Gloucestershire River Avon.

Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, Gloucestershire River Avon, River Chew

Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, Gloucestershire River Avon, River Frome

Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, Gloucestershire River Avon, River Frome

The River Frome, Somerset rises 3km south-west of Witham Friary, Somerset [Map] after which it flows past Tytherinton, Somerset [Map] then through Frome, Somerset [Map], past Farleigh Hungerford Castle [Map] before joining the Gloucestershire River Avon at Freshford, Somerset [Map].