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- a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
- a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
How To Use River Avon In A Sentence
- Recent excavations suggest Durrington Walls closely mirrored Stonehenge, having its own impressive standing circle made of timber and an avenue that linked it to the River Avon.
- Take hiking boots for walks along pretty stretches of the River Avon. Times, Sunday Times
- There is also a visitor centre and beautiful walks next to the River Avon and under the aqueduct carrying the Union Canal.
- Local legend states that when it hears the church clock strike twelve it goes down to the River Avon to drink.
- I can hardly look at them without being overwhelmed with a haze of Voodoo Chile, the whiff of patchouli oil, flashes of free festivals and boating on the River Avon.
- Mr Dacre, who has been keen on angling since the age of ten, was fishing on September 2 in the River Avon just past the weir, behind the Hygrade factory, when a rush of water caused him to stumble and lose a shoe in the river mud.
- The 18-year-old thug snatched his victim's bag and rifled his wallet before punching him in the face on the bridge across the River Avon.
- According to Mr E.H. Cunningham-Craig, the mineral occurs in crystals lining cavities in highly-inclined veins of a fine-grained granite running through the coarser granite of the main mass: Shallow pits were formerly dug in the kaolinized granite for sake of the cairngorm and the mineral was also found as pebbles in the bed of the river Avon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- This substantial strong fortress, strategically situated on a spur of Bredon Hill, overlooks the river Avon.
- Shakespeare was born in central England that the river Avon Stratford town a wealthy family,[sentence dictionary] Ancestor is the farmer.
