Tetbury Avon

Tetbury Avon
Little Avon
Tetbury Avon near Malmesbury
EtymologyWelsh afon - river
Native nameIngleburn (Old English)
Location
CountryEngland
RegionWest of England
DistrictGloucestershire, Wiltshire
CityTetbury, Malmesbury
Physical characteristics
SourceWor Well
 • locationTetbury, Gloucestershire, England
 • coordinates51°38′36″N 2°08′33″W / 51.6432°N 2.1424°W / 51.6432; -2.1424
 • elevation375 ft (114 m)
MouthBristol Avon
 • location
Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England
 • coordinates
51°34′56″N 2°05′34″W / 51.5821°N 2.09289°W / 51.5821; -2.09289
 • elevation
230 ft (70 m)
Length7 mi (11 km), south easterly
Basin size28.5 sq mi (74 km2)
Discharge 
 • average24.4 cu ft/s (0.69 m3/s)
 • minimum1 cu ft/s (0.028 m3/s)
 • maximum141 cu ft/s (4.0 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightCutwell Brook, Wormwell Brook
River systemBristol Avon

The Tetbury Avon, also known as the River Avon (Tetbury Branch), Little Avon or Ingleburn (Anglo-Saxon – English river), is a tributary of the Bristol Avon in south-west England. It rises at Tetbury in Gloucestershire and flows in a generally south-easterly direction, joining the Sherston Avon at Malmesbury in Wiltshire.[1] The water flow has been reduced by public water extraction from its source aquifer in the Cotswold Hills. In the past watermills were used for fulling wool and grinding corn; one working mill survives.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet 168 Stroud, Tetbury & Malmesbury

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