Source of the River Avon

Yesterday morning I traced the source of the River Avon to this puddle on a farm track north of Sopworth, Wiltshire.

Sought by geographers since the dawn of time, from this mystical location the river wends its way for thousands of kilometres through the English countryside, finally emerging as a mighty torrent into the Severn Estuary at Bristol.

For exact location details see this link.

By stevep at 27 10 09 - 21:51 in default

two comments

You’re right, there is something mystical about the source of a mighty river. Is this really it?
snowqueen (Email) (URL) - 27 10 09 - 22:30

Yes, I think so. (Well possibly not the puddle – that’s presumably a temporary feature, but the ditch that disappears off under the fence I followed all the way from the Avon in Sherston, about 2km to the east.)
SteveP (URL) - 27 10 09 - 23:02

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