Saturday, 17 January 2009

Bradford on Avon to Bath

One of my favourite walks, in fine weather, is to catch a train to Bradford-on-Avon and walk back to Bath.

Bradford on Avon is a town in west Wiltshire, whose main attraction is the well preserved old buildings that make up the central part of the town. That, together with the Kennet and Avon canal and its proximity to the prime tourist destination that is Bath, mean that its main industry now is tourism (which is unusual, perhaps, for a minor inland town); although the reason that I know it well is that Netcraft had its offices there for 5 years.

The river valley between Bradford on Avon and Bath is very picturesque (although no doubt my compact camera (and its operator) will totally fail to convey that), making for a very pleasant 2 hour walk. These pictures are a mixture from walks in the summers of 2007 and 2008.

Update: refreshed with pictures from a walk in April 2009, where I got rather more sunshine.

Bradford-on-Avon to Bath

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