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Bradford-on-Avon (sometimes Bradford on Avon or Bradford upon Avon [2] [3]) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset, which had a population of 10,405 at the 2021 census. [1] The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists.
Winsley House, off Bradford Road in the south-west of the village, may have 17th- century origins. The Sutcliffe School for Boys [11] bought and converted the house in 1953, and added school buildings in the grounds. After the school closed in 1992 the site was bought by the Dorothy House charity, which provides at-home medical care and a ...
The nucleus of the village lies on the Bradford-on-Avon to Melksham road, the B3107, which bisects the village roughly south-west to north-east. This road was turnpiked in 1762 as the coach road connecting Bradford on Avon, via Melksham, to the village of Lacock where it met the coach road from London to Bath.
Bradford Lock (grid reference) is on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. It was in Bradford on Avon that the first sod was cut for the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1794. The lock has a rise/fall of 12 ft 6 inches (3.81 m). [1] There are moorings above and below Bradford Lock.
Atworth is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England.The village is on the A365 road between Melksham and Box, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Melksham and 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Bradford on Avon.
Widbrook Wood is a small forest to the north of Trowbridge and to the south-east of Bradford on Avon, in Wiltshire, England, growing in the valley of the Bristol Avon. It is made up of a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees and several types of fruit tree.
Bradford-on-Avon 9 – name given by Mendip Cave Rescue. Ruins – the older lower section was known by this name by the mushroom workers. ST86SW468 – SMR number, Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Search. Woodside Quarry – Gripwood was the underground and Woodside the opencast; the name Woodside sometimes applies to both.
Westwood is a large village and a civil parish in west Wiltshire, England.The village is about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southwest of the town of Bradford-on-Avon.. Upper Westwood, on a ridge crest to the north, was a distinct settlement from Lower Westwood but 20th-century housing filled the gap. [2]