Avon Water
Avon Water, also known locally as the River Avon, is a 24-mile-long river in Scotland, and a tributary of the River Clyde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AlistairMcMillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in South Lanarkshire and East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Clyde
- Also known as: “Avon” and “River Avon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Airbles railway station and Motherwell railway station.
Airbles railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ross Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airbles railway station serves the Airbles area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is located around 1⁄2 mile away from Fir Park stadium, home of Motherwell F.C.
Motherwell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Motherwell railway station serves the town of Motherwell, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the West Coast Main Line and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the Glasgow suburban railway network.
Hamilton Mausoleum
Tomb
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hamilton Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was the resting place of the family of the Dukes of Hamilton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Terraces and Summerhouse, Barncluith and Hamilton.
Terraces and Summerhouse, Barncluith
Quarter
Barncluith is an area of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Barncluith forms the south-eastern part of the town, between the urban centre and the Avon Water.
Hamilton
Photo: Grazzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamilton is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland. With a population of 55,000 in 2022, it's the fourth-largest town in Scotland and lies 12 miles southeast of Glasgow, at the confluence of the River Clyde with the Avon Water.
Ferniegair
Village
Ferniegair is a village across the Avon Water from Hamilton, on the A72 road to Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village contains the entrance to Chatelherault Country Park and Hamilton Golf Club.
Avon Water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7794° or 55° 46′ 46″ northLongitude
-4.01621° or 4° 0′ 58″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9C7QQXHM+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 95699769OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2656736Wikidata ID
Q4829261
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Avon Water” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Avon Water”
- Catalan: “Avon Water”
- Cebuano: “Avon Water”
- Chinese: “埃文河”
- Dutch: “Avon Water”
- German: “Avon Water”
- Swedish: “Avon Water”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Clyde Bridge and The Gym.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Avon Water”. Photo: AlistairMcMillan, CC BY-SA 2.0.