Awkley
Awkley is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just off the M4 and M48 junctions. Several streams run in the area including Tockington Mill Rhine, Moor Rhine, Niatt Rhine and Sandy Rhine.Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pilning railway station and The Wave.
Pilning railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilning railway station is a minor station on the South Wales Main Line near Pilning, South Gloucestershire, England. It is 10 miles from Bristol Temple Meads and is the last station on the English side before the Severn Tunnel through to Wales. Pilning railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Awkley.
The Wave
Water park
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Wave is a water park, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Awkley.
Cattybrook brickworks
Quarry
Cattybrook brickworks is a clay pit and brickworks near the village of Almondsbury in South Gloucestershire, England. It is operated by Ibstock plc. Two areas totalling 2.2-hectare within the brickpit are designated as Cattybrook Brickpit geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ingst and Old Down.
Ingst
Hamlet
Ingst is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England. It consists of nine households, most of which are farms with cattle. The M48 motorway passes by the hamlet.
Old Down
Village
Old Down is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, near the larger villages of Olveston and Tockington and a mile west of Alveston. A tourist attraction called Old Down Country Park now occupies the country house in the village, and there is also a pub, The Fox, as well as several sporting facilities. Old Down is situated 1½ miles northeast of Awkley.
Elberton
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elberton is a village in the civil parish of Aust, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 99. Elberton is situated 2 miles north of Awkley.
Awkley
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Olveston, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.57001° or 51° 34′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.58573° or 2° 35′ 9″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C3VHCC7+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 6678072234OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Awkley” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Awkley”
- French: “Awkley”
- Irish: “Awkley”
- Polish: “Awkley”
Localities in the Area
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