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Bradford-on-Avon (sometimes Bradford on Avon) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists. The parish had a population of 10,405 at the 2021 census. [1] The history of the town can be traced back to Roman ...
Bradford-on-Avon railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line in between Avoncliff and Trowbridge, serving the town of Bradford on Avon (the station name is hyphenated, unlike the name of the town), in Wiltshire, England. The station is 9 miles 35 chains (15.2 km) south east of Bath Spa. [1]
The new council used the town hall as its offices until it acquired Westbury House in 1911. [9] Following a few years of use as a cinema, the town hall was acquired by Midland Bank in around 1915. [7] Midland Bank converted the Church Street wing into a bank branch, and rented out the council chamber to the local branch of the Catholic Church. [7]
new town (designated 1949) Bradford-on-Avon: Wiltshire: town council 1: Brading: Isle of Wight: town council Bradley Stoke: Gloucestershire: town council Bradninch ...
Town (garrison town) 14 Bradford-on-Avon: Wiltshire 9,072 9,149 Town 15 Bulford Camp: Wiltshire 9,310 8,556 Military camp: 16 Marlborough: Wiltshire 7,710 8,092 Town 17
After moving up to the top division of the Wiltshire League, the club moved to Trowbridge Town's Frome Road ground, where they remained until moving back to Bradford on Avon in 1996 to move into the Bradford on Avon Sports and Social Club. [2] Floodlights were installed during the 2008–09 season and inaugurated by Steve Phillips. [2]
Through Bradford-on-Avon itself, the road descends a steep 1 in 7 (14%) hill, known as Masons Lane. This is the road's main bottleneck since this leads to Bradford-on-Avon's only vehicle bridge over the River Avon (which splits the town in two), and at this stage travellers have merged with traffic from Melksham, Corsham and Chippenham which is ...
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.