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Encyclopedia > River Avon, Hampshire

The River Avon is a river in the county of Hampshire in the south of England. It rises in Wiltshire, flows south through Salisbury, Fordingbridge and Ringwood. and into the English Channel at Christchurch in Dorset.


The Avon Valley Path goes from Salisbury to Christchurch.


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River Avon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (160 words)
"River Avon" in England therefore, literally means "River River" as does "Afon Afan" (River Afan) in Welsh.
River Avon, Devon, Bigbury on Sea near Salcombe
The etymology of Avon is the Proto-Celtic *abonā, meaning "river".
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