River Avon
The Avon is a river largely in the Falkirk council area of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river largely in Falkirk, Scotland, UK, flows into the Firth of Forth
- Also known as: “River Avon (Falkirk)” and “River Avon, Falkirk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum of Scottish Railways and Bo’ness railway station.
Museum of Scottish Railways
Museum
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The Museum of Scottish Railways is a railway museum operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. It is based on the SRPS's large collection of railway artefacts from across Scotland. Museum of Scottish Railways is situated 1½ miles west of River Avon.
Bo’ness railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bo'ness railway station is a heritage railway station in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland. It is not the original Bo'ness railway station, which was located roughly a quarter mile west on Seaview Place, now the site of a car park. Bo’ness railway station is situated 1½ miles west of River Avon.
Hippodrome Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness is an early example of a purpose-built cinema and thought to be the oldest such building surviving in Scotland. The cinema, which opened in 1912, was built for the Bo'ness cinematography pioneer Louis Dickson and designed by renowned local architect Matthew Steele. Hippodrome Cinema is situated 2 miles west of River Avon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muirhouses and Bo’ness.
Muirhouses
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirhouses is a small village which lies in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is located 1.1 miles south-east of Bo'ness, 2.1 miles north-northeast of Linlithgow and 8.0 miles east of Falkirk.
Bo’ness
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bo'ness is an industrial town in West Lothian in central Scotland, with a population of 15,400 in 2022. The main reason to visit is to ride the Bo'ness and Kinneil steam railway.
Crombie
Village
Crombie is a village in the civil parish of Torryburn, in southwest Fife, Scotland. The village is on the A985 road 3 miles west of Dunfermline and is to the south of Cairneyhill, and north-west of Charlestown. Crombie is situated 2 miles northeast of River Avon.
River Avon
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“River Avon” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Avon Falkirk”
- Breton: “Avon”
- Catalan: “Riu Avon”
- Cebuano: “River Avon”
- Hebrew: “אבון”
- Japanese: “エイヴォン川 (フォルカーク)”
- Japanese: “エイボン川”
- Swedish: “River Avon”
- Welsh: “Afon Avon”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “River Avon”. Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.