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Places to see in ( Bradford on Avon - UK )
Places to see in ( Bradford on Avon - UK )
Bradford on Avon is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. Bradford on Avon canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists. The history of the town of Bradford on Avon can be traced back to Roman origins. It has several buildings dating from the 17th century, when the town grew due to the thriving English woollen textile industry.
Bradford on Avon lies partly on the Avon Valley, and partly on the hill that marks the Vale's western edge, eight miles southeast of Bath, in the hilly countryside between the Mendip Hills, Salisbury Plain and the Cotswold Hills. The local area around Bath provides the Jurassic limestone (Bath Stone) from which the older buildings are constructed. The River Avon (the Bristol Avon) runs through the town. The town directly borders Trowbridge to the south east. The town of Bradford on Avon includes the suburbs of Bearfield and Woolley; the parish includes the hamlets of Widbrook and Woolley Green.
Bradford on Avon has been the headquarters of Avon Rubber, a large manufacturer of rubber products for the automotive and other industries. Today, it is the headquarters of the Alex Moulton bicycle company. It has several other small scale manufacturing enterprises.
Bradford-on-Avon lies on the A363 Trowbridge to Bath road, which runs through the town from south to north, and crossed over by the B3109 linking Bradford-on-Avon with Melksham and Frome. All other road routes are minor, affording access to local settlements. Bradford-on-Avon railway station lies on what is now the Bristol—Weymouth railway line. It opened in the mid-19th century and was built by the original (pre-grouping) Great Western Railway. Running parallel to the railway through the town is the Kennet and Avon Canal and Bradford Lock.
Alot to see in ( Bradford on Avon - UK ) such as :
Kennet and Avon Canal
Great Chalfield Manor
American Museum in Britain
Southwick Country Park
The Courts Garden
Iford Manor
Dundas Aqueduct
Hope Nature Centre
Westwood Manor
Barton Farm Country Park
Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn
St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon
Midford Castle
Tithebarn Workshops
Solsbury Hill
Bradford on Avon Museum
Combe Down Tunnel
The Chantry, Bradford-on-Avon
Avoncliff Aqueduct
Brown's Folly
Little Solsbury Hill
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Bradford On Avon
The town has Roman origins .It had a thriving wollen textile industry and maufactured the Molton Bicycle in the earley sixtes, I had one. It was a cold day and I should have used a tripod as I could not stop shaking, will return in the Summer ..
Bradford on Avon,Wiltshire,England
Bradford on Avon
Boat Trip in Bath, England
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Pulteney Princess boat trips take you along the peaceful River Avon between Bath's beautiful Pulteney Weir and the charming village of Bathampton. The round trip lasts one hour or you can disembark at Bathampton Mill and return on a later boat or walk back along the Kennet and Avon canal.
Avoncliff Aqueduct
A picturesque part of the Kennet and Avon canal where the canal passes over a road and river and a railway.
Places to see in ( Radstock - UK )
Places to see in ( Radstock - UK )
Radstock is a town in Somerset, England, 9 miles south west of Bath, and 8 miles north west of Frome. It is within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset and had a population of 5,620 according to the 2011 Census. Since 2011 Radstock has been a town council in its own right.
Radstock has been settled since the Iron Age, and its importance grew after the construction of the Fosse Way, a Roman road. The growth of the town occurred after 1763, when coal was discovered in the area. Large numbers of mines opened during the 19th century including several owned by the Waldegrave family, who had been Lords of the Manor since the English Civil War. Admiral Lord Radstock, brother of George, fourth Earl Waldegrave, took the town's name as his title when created a Baron.
The spoil heap of Writhlington colliery is now the Writhlington Site of Special Scientific Interest, which includes 3,000 tons of Upper Carboniferous spoil from which more than 1,400 insect fossil specimens have been recovered. The complex geology and narrow seams made coal extraction difficult. Tonnage increased throughout the 19th century, reaching a peak around 1901, when there were 79 separate collieries and annual production was 1,250,000 tons per annum.
However, due to local geological difficulties and manpower shortages output declined and the number of pits reduced from 30 at the beginning of the 20th century to 14 by the mid-thirties; the last two pits, Kilmersdon and Writhlington, closed in September 1973. The Great Western Railway and the Somerset and Dorset Railway both established stations and marshalling yards in the town. The last passenger train services to Radstock closed in 1966. Manufacturing industries such as printing, binding and packaging provide some local employment. In recent years, Radstock has increasingly become a commuter town for the nearby cities of Bath and Bristol.
Radstock is home to the Radstock Museum which is housed in a former market hall, and has a range of exhibits which offer an insight into north-east Somerset life since the 19th century. Many of the exhibits relate to local geology and the now disused Somerset coalfield and geology. The town is also home to Writhlington School, famous for its Orchid collection, and a range of educational, religious and cultural buildings and sporting clubs.
The main geological feature in this area of the Mendip Hills south of Hallatrow consists of Supra-Pennant Measures which includes the upper coal measures and outcrops of sandstone. The southern part of the Radstock Syncline have coals of the Lower and Middle Coal Measures been worked, mainly at the Newbury and Vobster collieries in the southeast and in the New Rock and Moorewood pits to the southwest.
Radstock was the terminus for the southern branch of the Somerset Coal Canal, which was turned into a tramway in 1815 and later incorporated into the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. It then became a central point for railway development with large coal depots, warehouses, workshops and a gas works. As part of the development of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway an 8-mile (13 km) line from Radstock to Frome was built to carry the coal.
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Trainspotting at Trowbridge, WML - 8/12/18 [TSE S6E13 - Series Finale]
Hi all and welcome to another new video from TrainSpotEast where I am at Trowbridge, where we see services from Great Western Railway, 1 Service from South Western Railway and 1 freight movement.
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- Additional services for Bath Christmas Markets, one involving an IET.
- 158884 from SWR used by GWR services
- 150126 - the only few 150/1 left on GWR
Trowbridge has been a decent station, the vantage points are excellent, the traction is good and the frequency is alright, may have a few breaks in between plus two great passes with a small feature on freight. The views are slightly obstructed and also on the curve, so not as great views generated but still the station doesn't disappoint. This is a great station for a commuting town and will return with divert action.
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As it is the series finale, Many Thanks for watching TSE Series 6, it has been a rollercoaster of a ride, seeing the new liveried stock, Ex GWR 153s up north, additional liveries such as Trainbow, railtour involving Gin and many more. The trips have gone so fast, so thank you for watching and I will be leaving a full playlist of all TSE Series 6 here too. Please see the end screen of this video for more details. Also tune in to my reviews of series 6, involving the best, worst and the top 10 stations of series 6 coming on Wednesday 19th December.
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Bradford-on-Avon landscapes, night scenes, spring flowers
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO IMPRESSIONS PHOTOGRAPHY! This is a short slideshow video of photos taken in and around my home town of Bradford on Avon in the Spring (between February and April).
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My name is Andrew Clifton, I'm a semi-professional photographer and I live in the small Wiltshire town of Bradford on Avon. Semi-professional just means that I still have a day-job - but photography is my main creative passion and I'm aiming to making a good living from it, in the fullness of time!
My photographic interests range from commercial work for artists and craftspeople, to landscape, wildlife and travel – and I'm always keen to experiment with other genres and try new things. There are, however, some general subjects and themes that I keep coming back to. I like to take portraits of people which in some way reflect their personality: the places, people, creative passions, interests and activities that they love. I have a similar take on commercial photography, where I aim to capture the pride and satisfaction that people can take from making something beautiful or doing something exceptionally well.
When it comes to landscape, travel and wildlife, I try to create images which convey my own, subjective sense of being in a certain place, at a certain time and seeing something amazing, interesting or beautiful. Sometimes, it’s also something extremely familiar, that I’ve walked by many times over, but at that one moment, seen differently. When this happens, its rather like gazing into a dish of swirling gravel and ice-cold water and seeing a sudden flash of gold – although what I’m prospecting for, ultimately, for is nothing but light!
I like to create sequences of images that tell a story and convey a richer impression of the character of a time and a place than a single, momentary snapshot. The photos above, taken by riding-school owner Eva Maria Sigvardt, strike me as a good example. This kind of storytelling approach lends also itself well to the video slideshow format, which I feel is under-rated; it can serve not only as a highly engaging means turning still images into a visual narrative, but also as a hybrid medium, combining stills with video footage, to great effect. I hope to add such video presentations to this portfolio soon.
There are plenty of other techniques and ideas I have yet to explore. I’m especially interested in mixing up still and moving images in ways: creating “video portraits”, cinemagraphs, time-lapse and hyper-lapse movies etc. – and I'm keen to experiment with various innovative composite techniques in still photography.
Of course, it's not all about breaking new ground. it would be great to hit on some highly innovative photographic style that proves to be a run-away commercial success… but my ultimate goal in photography is far more modest.
I aim to spend as much as possible of my time doing something creative, which I really enjoy.
That's a good way to be, don't you think?
sandbanks and brownsea island Dorset Coast
Day 2 ..We went to sandbanks and the brownsea island