Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station in the village of Claverton, in the English county of Somerset, pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the river.Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Pumping station
- Description: pumping station in Claverton, Somerset, England, UK
- Postal code: BA2 7BH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include American Museum and Gardens and Browne’s Folly.
American Museum and Gardens
Museum
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The American Museum and Gardens is a museum of American art and culture based at Claverton, near Bath, England. Its collections of American furniture, quilts and folk art are displayed in a Grade I listed 19th-century house, surrounded by gardens overlooking the valley of the River Avon. American Museum and Gardens is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Claverton Pumping Station.
Browne’s Folly
Tower
Photo: Derek Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Browne's Folly, or Brown's Folly, is a folly tower sitting within a 39.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the English village of Bathford in Somerset, notified in 1974: the site itself is known as the Farleigh Down Stone Quarry and is managed as a nature reserve by the Avon Wildlife Trust. Browne’s Folly is situated 1 mile north of Claverton Pumping Station.
Monkton Farleigh Manor
Building
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monkton Farleigh Manor is a Grade I listed country house close to the village of Monkton Farleigh in Wiltshire, England. Built on the site of a Cluniac priory founded in 1125, the house is about 3 miles northwest of Bradford-on-Avon and 4 miles east of the city of Bath. Monkton Farleigh Manor is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Claverton Pumping Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claverton and Conkwell.
Claverton
Hamlet
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Claverton is a small village and civil parish about 2 miles east of Bath at the southern end of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 115.
Conkwell
Hamlet
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Conkwell is a hamlet in Winsley parish, Wiltshire, England, near the county border with North East Somerset. It is about 2.3 miles west of Bradford-on-Avon and 3 miles southeast of the city of Bath.
Claverton Down
Suburb
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Claverton Down is a suburb on the south-east hilltop edge of Bath, Somerset, England. It is linked to the Bathwick area of the city by Bathwick Hill. Primarily a rural area with relatively few houses, it is home to the University of Bath, the headquarters of Wessex Water and a private golf course, the Bath Golf Course.
Claverton Pumping Station
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Bathford, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37819° or 51° 22′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.30162° or 2° 18′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C3V9MHX+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 436968792OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pumping_stationWikidata ID
Q5129614
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In Other Languages
“Claverton Pumping Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克拉弗頓水泵站”
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