Bradford on Avon: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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GBP 75 - 125 The Swan
 This enchanting, 15th-century coaching inn is adjacent to the river in the heart of historic Bradford on Avon. It has an excellent reputation for good… MoreGBP 95 - 195 Widbrook Grange
 This warm, informal and elegant 250-year-old Georgian country house is peacefully located in 11 acres of land, 20 minutes from Bath and just 40 minute… MoreGBP 30 - 2,220 Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel
 Woolley Grange is a luxury hotel for families, set in 14 acres of grounds on the outskirts of medieval Bradford-on- Avon and home to child-friendly fa… MoreGBP 65 - 140 The Beeches Farmhouse Bed And Breakfast
 In a peaceful countryside location, only 7 miles (11 km) from Bath, these beautifully converted farm buildings now house luxurious en suite rooms, all… MoreGBP 90 - 200 Teasle Cottage
 Enjoy exclusive use of Teasle Cottage: stylish, 300 years old, and Grade II Listed for its historical original features. Expect a Jacuzzi bath, beauti… MoreGBP 100 - 200 Bradford Views Apartment
 This modern, luxury 2-bedroom apartment is in a Grade II Listed building in the centre of Bradford-on-Avon, close to shops and restaurants, and walkin… MoreGBP 75 - 85 East Wing Bed And Breakfast
 In an acre of private gardens, just a few minutes from the river and historic Bradford on Avon, this charming bed and breakfast boasts free Wi-Fi, fre… MoreGBP 80 - 90 Elbury House Bed & Breakfast
 With a beautiful, peaceful location in 6 acres of gardens, this charming, family-run bed and breakfast offers free Wi-Fi, spacious double rooms and wo… MoreGBP 65 - 155 Best Western Leigh Park Hotel
 With stunning views over the Wiltshire Downs, this attractive 3-star (AA) country house hotel is set within 5 acres of grounds, with its own walled ga… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradford on Avon: Guide
Bradford on Avon is a small country town in England
Understand
Built in the same fine oolite limestone as Bath (England)|Bath, the town was already a settlement in the Iron Age, and people have been living there ever since. The foundations of a large Roman villa - the centre of an estate many miles across - were recently found in the grounds of the town's secondary school, and it has one of England's few surviving Saxon churches and a magnificent medieval Tithe Barn, crowned with one of the largest stone roofs in the country. But the handsome buildings which climb up the hills from the 'broad ford' (and, since Norman times, the bridge) across the river are mostly Georgian, the legacy of a few hundred years of prosperity as a centre of a textile industry making fine woollen cloth from Cotswold sheep. Towards the end of the Georgian period the industry and its money moved north to Yorkshire and Lancashire, and building largely stopped for around 100 years. The old textile mills were taken over in the 20th century by the rubber industry, making goods like tyres (and the small-wheeled Moulton bicycles, briefly famous in the 1960s and 70s as town runabouts), but that too eventually moved away. Today Bradford is largely a residential town.
Get in
The Bradford on Avon rail station is located on the Wessex Main Line between Avoncliff and Trowbridge, and is serviced by both First Great Western and South West Trains.
Get around
See
Do
Buy
Bradford on Avon, has many small independent shops. There is a small concentration of shops around "The Shambles" located between Silver and Market Street.
Bradford has two banks located side by side. These are HSBC and Lloyds TSB.
For a self catered visit, there is a Budgens supermarket on the edge of town.
Eat
Rialto
Thai Barn
Maharaja Tandoori
Beijing Paradise
Drink
Bradford on Avon is well served for public houses.
Sleep
Get out
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