Avon Valley Country Park

Avon Valley Country Park

Fallow Deer in the park

Location of Avon Valley Country Park in Somerset

Type Country park
Location Keynsham, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°25′02″N 2°28′30″W / 51.4171°N 2.4749°WCoordinates: 51°25′02″N 2°28′30″W / 51.4171°N 2.4749°W
Area 50 acres (20 ha)
Created 1976

Avon Valley Country Park is a 50 acres (20 ha) Country park in Keynsham, Somerset, England.

The park which is next to the River Avon provides country walks, a boating lake, play areas for children, a small petting zoo and a miniature railway.[1]

The site was common grazing land in the 15th century and later became a farm. In 1976 it was purchased as a pick your own fruit farm[2] and subsequently developed into the country park.[3]

Miniature railway

Within the park is the "Strawberry Line", a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) length of 5 in (127 mm) gauge railway. It is Britain's only commercial ground-level 5 in (127 mm) railway.[4] It opened in 1999 and now has one steam and 10 diesel engines which are battery operated.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Avon Valley Country Park". Bristol Link. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Call of the wild". Evening Post. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "History". Avon Valley Country Park. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ride on Railways". Ride On Railways. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Railway". Strawberry Line Miniature Railway. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

External links