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The Bristol Avon rises in Gloucestershire, its Sherston and Tetbury branches uniting at the Wiltshire market town of Malmesbury. After flowing through Chippenham, Lacock, Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon, the river runs through the Limpley Stoke Valley on its way to Bath in Somerset. Well known for its architecture, and steeped in history, Bath is the first city encountered on the river's journey. Bristol, famous for its ships and seafarers, is the second. From there, the river passes under the Clifton Suspension Bridge and through the spectacular Avon Gorge to the Severn estuary at Avonmouth. Made navigable between Bath and Bristol during 1724-7, the Bristol Avon was linked to London in 1810, when the Bath to Newbury section of the Kennet and Av