River Bourne, Wiltshire
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The River Bourne is a river in the English county of Wiltshire, and a tributary of the River Avon.
The Bourne's source is at the eastern end of the Vale of Pewsey, near the village of Burbage. The river cuts through the chalk escarpment at Collingbourne Kingston, to flow south across Salisbury Plain through the villages of Collingbourne Ducis, Tidworth, and Shipton Bellinger. Here its course becomes more south-westerly, through Cholderton, Newton Tony, Allington, Porton, Winterbourne Gunner, Winterbourne Dauntsey, Winterbourne Earls and Laverstock before joining the Avon near Salisbury. Due to its nature it may be referred to as a chalk stream.
The Bourne valley is followed for its entire length by the main A338 (Oxford-Bournemouth) road, which continues south of Salisbury along the Avon valley.
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