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OUT & ABOUT!- walk, cycle, swim - car, bus, train! Sight-seeing in Bradford on Avon and the surrounding area: including Bradford's Saxon Church & Tithe Barn, the River Avon, Kennet & Avon Canal, Bath & the Cotswolds, Wessex, the West Country From your front door... ...turn right & walk into the centre of the town via the medieval bridge over the Avon (2 minutes). |
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From here you can walk up the hillside to the site of the old Saxon settlement of Budbury, winding along footpaths past ancient buildings many once occupied by the weavers who brought Bradford its wealth. From these paths glimpse views towards the Westbury White Horse on the distant Salisbury Plain! (10-15 minutes each way) |
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In the other direction, walk to the old packhorse bridge over the Kennet & Avon Canal (5 minutes) where you can watch barges negotiating the busy lock. This lock-side area is very much Bradford's second centre. (click on 'By Rail & Water') |
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Local amenities Library, Tourist Information Office, Health Centre Museum, medieval Tithe Barn, Saxon Church Good public transport (bus and train*) to Bath, Bristol, Frome, Weymouth, Salisbury... and London (*cf also 'By Rail & Water') Kennet and Avon Canal, including a busy lock and visitor centre, river side walks, cycling hire, canal trips, canoeing and canal side pubs (also see note above*) Restaurants, cafes, pubs, takeaways, shops and a supermarket Swimming pool & sauna, free tennis courts, play & picnic areas. |
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Holiday Highlights Bradford on Avon: full of history - Roman, Saxon, Medieval, 18th Century wool-trade wealth - with a thriving and famous antique trade. Bath: 15 minutes on the train to this world famous Georgian city. Local N.T. properties: including Lacock Abbey & village, Avebury & Stourhead, with other manors close enough for the more energetic to walk to! Glastonbury, the cathedral cities of Salisbury & Wells are an hour away. Cotswolds countryside & architecture just to the north, Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge and the Marlborough downs to the east, the Deverils & Longleat to the south, and the Mendips to the west. Further afield: the New Forest, S. & W. coasts, Exmoor, the Quantock Hills, the mountains of South Wales & the Wye Valley. |
For detailed information See also the Wikipedia Entry on Bradford-on-Avon
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Pretty as a Picture! Like Bath, Bradford-on-Avon & the nearby villages are often used
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