River Coln
The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire, England. It rises to the north of Brockhampton, a village to the east of Cheltenham, and flows in a south/south-easterly direction through the Cotswold Hills via Andoversford, Withington, Fossebridge, Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns, Quenington and Fairford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham and St John’s Lock.
St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist Church in Inglesham, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, has Anglo-Saxon origins but most of the current structure was built around 1205.
St John’s Lock
Lock
Photo: Bencherlite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John's Lock, below the town of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is the furthest upstream lock on the River Thames in England. The name of the lock derives from a priory that was established nearby in 1250, but which no longer exists.
Halfpenny Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halfpenny Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames, at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England. The bridge and its toll house are a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lechlade and Buscot.
Lechlade
Town
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lechlade is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, 55 miles south of Birmingham and 68 miles west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.
Buscot
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buscot is an English village and civil parish on the River Thames, about 1.5 miles south-east of Lechlade. Buscot was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Two houses there contain notable collections of paintings.
Little Faringdon
Village
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Little Faringdon is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about 1 mile north of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The 2001 Census recorded its population as 63. Little Faringdon is situated 2 miles northeast of River Coln.
River Coln
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Coln” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Coln”
- Catalan: “Coln”
- Cebuano: “River Coln”
- Chinese: “科恩河”
- Dutch: “River Coln”
- French: “Coln”
- German: “River Coln”
- Slovenian: “Coln”
- Slovenian: “reka”
- Slovenian: “River Coln”
- Swedish: “River Coln”
- Welsh: “Afon Coln”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Inglesham and Little London.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include River Leach and Fairford Hospital.
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