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Avoncliff, The Aqueduct 1914
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More about this scene

This is Avoncliff, with the aqueduct running over the river and railway at Avoncliff Halt. This part of the canal has been recently restored. The track on the left runs from Westwood stone quarry.

A Selection of Memories from Avoncliff

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Avoncliff

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

My dad was born in the house shown in the photograph; along with ten other brothers and sisters. My grandfather was the bailiff on the river, it has not changed one bit .
It must have been around the late 1960s, early 1970s when my sister and I used to ride our ponies down to Avoncliff. We lived a short distance away in Upper Westwood and our mother liked us to ride along the tow path as it kept us away from the roads and any traffic that may spook our ponies.  Avoncliff was a favourite place - at that time the aqueduct was dry and instead of going down and under the bridge ...see more