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& Rail Walk Londonderry 7 Wharf Riverside walk rich in historic and wildlife interest. Optional extension loop A4 exploring hidden woodlands and geology A 41 Somerdale 75 6 Route Description: Hanham pubs to Keynsham Lock or complete loop 2 1 Head east along the 60 mins 5 River Avon Trail. Loop: 100 mins Key 3 Route 4 See traces of the old 2 m / 3.25 km Route guide Londonderry Wharf Loop: 4.5 / 7.25 km 1 The Lock Keeper River Avon Trail and The Dramway Level, grassy Short cut that once carried paths coal from Kingswood Loop: Some steep Refreshments Keynsham to the river. Look out steps, rough ground Shop for cormorants. and high stiles Pub You will see the development at former Cadbury’s Somerdale factory Arrive at Keynsham Lock on the – the site of a Roman town. Kennet & Avon Canal. Continue 2 beneath the old bridge beside The Lock Keeper pub, and up onto the bridge. You can now retrace your steps to the start or continue on loop walk. Drop down along the path over When you have crossed both the rail Route extension the wild grassland, keeping the 5 and river bridge, turn right and zig- Turn left and left again to road close by on your right. zag uphill to find a wooden stile. arrive on the main road The grassy path is bordered by Cross here and drop down sharply (A4175). Cross with care and tall poplars as it passes between into the woodland, following the go uphill towards town, with the road and two sportsfields. path past an old quarry, until you the Station on your left. Note how the invasive Himalayan meet the surfaced River Avon Trail. balsam has spread across the Continue left, past the cottages, the 3 floodplain. weir and the pubs to return to the start point.

8 6 Follow the undulating path mainly beside the stream on your left, through this charming woodland. Ignore a footbridge over the railway 4 Note the medieval line, go through the black archway across the road railings, and up several - a relic from the remains of sequences of steep steps until Keynsham Abbey. Cross the you meet first a stile and A4 road on the bridge. Note When you arrive at a metal kissing gate (beside a 5-bar then a metal barrier bringing the church beyond. Turn right you out on the A4174. Step into Pool Barton immediately gate) on a surfaced minor road, see the exposed vertical over, turn right and walk and see the architecture prize along the pavement noting -winning 1970s Old Vicarage rock face ahead and behind the house – it marks the the exposed rock strata Green (left). Continue on beside you. surfaced path, with the road Durley Hill Fault – where the KEYNSHAM on your right, following soil changes from grey / 7 the path past Pool brown to red / brown as you Barton. travel NW. Turn right under the A4 road bridge, cross a This walking trail e: has been produced out mor Find k stream and enter the wood by the WaterSpace ebath.org.u .waterspac Partnership www .org.uk over a metal barrier (left), eravontrail working to www.riv rg.uk rivertrust.o before you meet the bridge revitalise the River www.canal Avon and Kennet & mill.com www.brass carrying the railway line. Avon Canal in o.uk .parkfarm.c Bath & North East www Content , design and photography : R uth Col eman | Map : R uth Whit er | Cormorant : Than ks to Eil ee n Brown Somerset.