Avon Water

Avon Water, also known locally as the River Avon, is a 24-mile-long river in , and a tributary of the .
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  • 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.

Railway station
Photo: Ross Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the area of , in . It is located around 1⁄2 mile away from stadium, home of Motherwell F.C.

Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of , in , Scotland. It is on the West Coast Main Line and is served also by Argyle Line trains of the suburban railway network.

Tomb
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a mausoleum located in , . It was the resting place of the family of the Dukes of Hamilton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamilton and Ferniegair.

Photo: Grazzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on 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 , at the confluence of the River Clyde with the Avon Water.

Village
is a village across the Avon Water from Hamilton, on the A72 road to in , . The village contains the entrance to and Hamilton Golf Club.

Suburb
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small suburb to the south-east of , , Scotland. It is mainly a residential area, consisting mostly of a mixture of high-rise and low-rise flats.

Avon Water

Latitude
55.7794° or 55° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
-4.01621° or 4° 0′ 58″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
9C7QQXHM+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95699769
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2656736
Wiki­data ID
Q4829261
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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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