RIVER AVON, HAMPSHIRE

The 'River Avon' is a river in the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset in the south of England. It rises in Wiltshire, east of Devizes, flows south through Upavon, Durrington, Amesbury, Salisbury, Fordingbridge and Ringwood, meeting up with the river Stour at Christchurch, flowing into Christchurch Harbour and into the English Channel at Mudeford.
The river's name is a tautology: ''Avon'' is derived from the Proto-Brythonic word meaning "river", and therefore the river's name means ''River River''.
For part of its path it forms the border between Dorset and Hampshire. Prior to the 1974 reorganization of local government the whole of the section now in or bordering Dorset was wholly within Hampshire, leading to the river being popularly known as the 'Hampshire Avon'.
Tributaries of the River Avon include:

★ River Ebble

★ River Nadder

★ River Wylye

★ River Bourne
The Avon Valley Path goes from Salisbury to Christchurch.

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★ Other River Avons

★ Rivers of the United Kingdom