Avoncliff Circular

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The walk starts at Explore BoA (Tourist Information) in Westbury Gardens, by the Town Bridge and goes in an anti clockwise direction.

Start with your back to Explore BoA. Turn right to the road then turn right again for a few metres to  enter St Margaret's car park. Cross this diagonally left to join the river path in front of Timbrell's Yard.

Follow the path passing under the railway bridge and keep straight ahead to join the tarmac access road by the packhorse bridge.  Turn right to follow the road for about 600m.

Climb the slope up to the canal and turn right at the top to join the canal towpath. Follow this all the way to Avoncliff and the aqueduct where you’ll get great views of the river upstream and downstream

To return to BoA retrace your steps to where you joined the canal but now continue on the towpath back towards town, eventually passing the back of the Tithe Barn.

Continue for about 200m and, at the gift shop, just before reaching the Canal Tavern & Lock Inn Cafe turn left down a short lane to the road.

Turn left and after about 150m turn left again into Pound Lane which runs between two playing fields. At the bend at the bottom turn off right into the field then immediately left to walk in front of the stone building on the field side.

Follow the tarmac path past the Bowls Club and bear right onto the river path, passing under the railway bridge, through St Margaret’s car park and back to the start.