Bradford-on-Avon is a mere six miles from Melksham. There's a wide selection of pubs and restaurants you can eat at after a hard day of learning Perl or any of the other subjects that we teach. An ancient town, set in a gorge cut through by the river Avon, Bradford-on-Avon is picturesque too.

(See also Melksham, Holt, Bath, Bathampton, Chippenham, Calne, Devizes, Nearmelksham, Trowbridge, Westbury Iford and Farleigh Hungerford)


near the canal, Bradford-on-Avon


Foot and Rail bridges over the Avon


Bradford-on-Avon Station


Tithe Barn, Bradford-on-Avon


A restaurant in Bradford-on-Avon


Making use of the waterway frontage


Town Bridge, Bradford-on-Avon

Map locator - Bradford_on_Avon


The town bridge and old lockup

Old mills run right down to the river - some are still fine looking buildings and others have fallen into disrepair.


An old mill building in Bradford-on-Avon

The Kennet and Avon canal also passes through Bradford on Avon as it follows the river valley towards Bath. A few miles further on at Dundas, it crosses the river and railway on the magnificent Dundas Aquaduct


Rennies Aquaduct at Dundas

You're free to walk over the aqueduct and there are many paths in the surrounding countryside too. Pubs such as the Viaduct Inn will provide you with a pint if you're thirsty. Further pictures of this area on the Dundas page.


Planning a walk by Dundas aquaduct

Bradford is where the Mouton Bicycle was designed; you can now see this one exhibited in the Bristolindustrial Museum


The Moulton Bicycle

The railway used to branch just to the South of Bradford-on-Avon. The current line continues to Trowbridge, Westbury and Salisbury and the former track joined the line from Trowbridge at Holt before continuing to Melksham, Chippenham and Swindon, with a further branch via Devizes.


Bradford North Curve

Note - Bradford, West Yorkshire is pictured on our Worthvalley page.