River Avon
River Avon is a stream in England, United Kingdom. River Avon is situated nearby to the village Wick, as well as near Burton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Castle.
Stocks
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Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code.
Christchurch Castle
Christchurch Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, England. The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160. The castle's site is inside the old Saxon burh dominating the River Avon's lowest crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christchurch and Wick.
Christchurch
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Christchurch is a town in Dorset, famed for its millennium-old priory, from which the town derives its name.
Wick
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in Dorset, England, just short of the Stour's entry into Christchurch Harbour. Along with the nearby village of Tuckton, it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of Christchurch, before becoming part of the Civil Parish of Southbourne in 1894.
Stanpit
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanpit is a neighbourhood of Christchurch in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Stanpit is within Mudeford parish, and is situated on the shore of Christchurch Harbour, 1 mile east of Christchurch town centre.
River Avon
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73874° or 50° 44′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.77609° or 1° 46′ 34″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C2WP6QF+FHGeoNames ID
2656745
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Highlights include Christchurch railway station and Christchurch Priory.
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