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River in United Kingdom, Scotland

Avon Water
The Avon Water in Chatelherault Country Park, Hamilton.

Location
Country	United Kingdom, Scotland
Region	South Lanarkshire
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Distinkhorn Hill

Mouth
• location	Hamilton
Length	39 km (24 mi)

Avon Water, also known locally as the River Avon, is a 24-mile-long (39 km) river in Scotland, and a tributary of the River Clyde.

Course

The Avon Water rises in the hills on the boundary between East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire, close to the head of the Irvine Water. The river flows in a north easterly direction, following the A71 road past Drumclog, and running to the south of Strathaven, where the river enters a more pronounced valley. The Avon flows between the village of Glassford, and Stonehouse to the south, before merging with the smaller Cander Water just south of Larkhall. The river then skirts the west side of Larkhall in a deepening gorge, crossed by the disused Larkhall railway viaduct, built in 1904 for the Caledonian Railway.

Beyond this the gorge is part of Chatelherault Country Park, to the south of Hamilton. There are several public footpaths along this section of the gorge, although the area was once the preserve of the Duke of Hamilton, forming the hunting and pleasure grounds of the Dukes' former home, Hamilton Palace. Many features of this period remain in the park, including the Duke's Bridge which crosses the gorge. Older structures along the gorge include the ruins of Cadzow Castle, started in the 13th century, and the Cadzow Oaks, a group of oak trees, some of which are over 600 years old.

The river bends to the east at the end of the gorge between the villages of Barncluith and Ferniegair, flowing beneath three listed stone bridges: a viaduct carrying the Argyle Line railway tracks, a single-arch bridge [de] carrying the A72 road, and the Old Avon Bridge [de], now a footbridge. The Avon Water flows north beneath the M74 motorway, merging into the Clyde between Hamilton and Motherwell, beside Junction 6 of the M74.

Etymology

The name Avon is derived from the Brittonic *āβonā- (from āβ, "moving water", with the suffix –onā-), the word ancestral to Welsh afon, meaning "a river".

References

"Avon Water". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
McQuillan, Rebecca (6 April 2013). "Life after Beeching". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
"Larkhall Viaduct". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

History of Avon Water and the town of Hamilton written by Garry L McCallum at Historic Hamilton www.Historic-Hamilton.co.uk

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Avon Water, East Ayrshire at Wikimedia Commons

v t e River Clyde, Scotland
Administrative areas	South Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Glasgow City West Dunbartonshire Renfrewshire Inverclyde Argyll and Bute
Flows into	Firth of Clyde, then North Channel
Settlements (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Abington Symington New Lanark Lanark Wishaw Motherwell Hamilton Bothwell Uddingston Cambuslang Rutherglen Glasgow Renfrew Clydebank Old Kilpatrick Dumbarton Port Glasgow Greenock Helensburgh Gourock Dunoon
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Daer Water Potrail Water Duneaton Water North Medwyn River South Medwyn River Douglas Water Mouse Water River Nethan Avon Water South Calder Water North Calder Water Rotten Calder River Kelvin River Cart River Leven
Major bridges and crossings (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Viaduct Elvanfoot Motorway Bridge Elvanfoot Bridge Camps Road Bridge Crawford Viaduct Abington Bridge Wandel Road Bridge Clyde's Bridge Lamington Viaduct Lamington Bridge Wolfclyde Bridge Thankerton Bridge Pettinain Bridge Hyndford Bridge Bonnington Weir Clydesholm Bridge Kirkfieldbank Bridge Crossford Bridge Garrion Bridge Camp Viaduct Clyde Bridge Raith Bridge East Kilbride Expressway Bridge Bothwell Bridge David Livingstone Memorial Bridge Uddingston Footbridge Uddingston Viaduct Haughhead Bridge Westburn Viaduct Clydeford Bridge Cambuslang Bridge Bogleshole Road Bridge Clydebridge Viaduct Auchenshuggle Bridge Cuningar Loop Footbridge Dalmarnock Bridge Dalmarnock Railway Bridge Shawfield Smartbridge Rutherglen Bridge Polmadie Bridge King's Bridge St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge Pipe Bridge and Weir Albert Bridge City Union Bridge Victoria Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge Glasgow Bridge Caledonian Railway Bridge George V Bridge Tradeston Bridge Kingston Bridge Clyde Arc Bell's Bridge Millennium Bridge Govan–Partick Bridge Clyde Tunnel Renfrew Ferry Erskine Ferry Erskine Bridge
Longest rivers of the United Kingdom Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

55°46′50″N 4°00′56″W / 55.78065°N 4.01542°W / 55.78065; -4.01542

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