River Coln

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For several similarly-named rivers, see River Colne

The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire, England. It rises at Foxcote, southeast of Cheltenham, and flows through the Cotswold Hills, via Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns and Fairford, Southeast to the River Thames, which it joins at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, by The Round House Footbridge. Travellers from Highworth to Lechlade pass over the River Thames (at Ha'penny Bridge), which is controlled by traffic lights just South of Lechlade.

Extensive gravel pits that are now redundant, lying between Fairford and Lechlade, form the Eastern component of the Cotswold Water Park, which is fed and drained by the Coln.

The river is host to many species of freshwater fish.