Avoncliff and Turleigh a beautiful and scenic morning walk
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2021
- This video was filmed on 15th October 2021, my kit list is after the description below.
My iPhone has recently been damaged so please excuse any glitches in the video.
Thank you for watching. Take care and be kind to others. Adam
The text below is captioned within the start of the video if you enable CC (subtitles).Hello and thank you for joining our early morning walk. It is 8:30 am. Today we are walking in Wiltshire, in the south-west of England. Our walk today takes us from the small village of Avoncliff to the hamlet of Turleigh… and back. We start at Avoncliff where the Kennet & Avon Canal crosses over the River Avon and the railway line via the Avoncliff Aqueduct. The aqueduct is Grade 2 listed and was constructed between 1797 and 1801. John Rennie was the Chief Architect and Engineer, he also designed Waterloo Bridge in London. Mr Rennie built the aqueduct to avoid using the more commonly known canal lock system for going up and down hills. The aqueduct has had a troubled history, with numerous leaks and petitions to close it during the 18th and 19th century. In 1954 after a major leak the aqueduct was drained. In 1956 a petition was presented to the Queen to re-open it. In 1980 restoration work began. The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and British Waterways completed the work in 1998. In the 1840s Isambard Kingdom Brunel constructed the Great Western Railway between Bath and Westbury. It must have been a site to see here at Avoncliff as they had to bore (dig) under the canal to build the track. Avoncliff Halt station opened along the track in 1906, and was originally only a wood structure. We’ll visit the platform towards the end of the video. It is the only aqueduct to have it is own railway station. Trains from the platform go to Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge, Westbury, Weymouth, Bath Spa, Bristol and Gloucester. A train to London Paddington would take about two hours, changing at Bath Spa station. Originally you had to wave the trains down to stop for you on the platform, since 2011 it has become a regular stop. If you ever make it here the pub and tearoom are lovely. Do check the opening times before you make a trip though. In a while we will leave Avoncliff, walk down the road a little and head down a bridleway. Bridleways can be used on foot or on horseback, quite often the ground is a little more uneven than a normal footpath. The bridleway will take us to the hamlet of Turleigh. Traditionally in Britain hamlets are smaller than villages and do not have churches. Turleigh Manor was established in the 17th and 18th century and during this time prospered. People living in the hamlet would have been the likes of quarrymen, stonemasons and tanners. Turleigh is now residential only. The pub closed in 1952, the bakery in 1957 and the post office in 1970. There is however a library, see if you can spot it later on. For such a small area Turleigh has some lovely unique period buildings. If you were going to visit either Turleigh or Avoncliff I would recommend walking, cycling, canal or train the roads are very small, mostly single car width, with many tight bends. This was one of my favourite morning walks, I had never been to Turleigh or Avoncliff before. I felt a lightness and happiness in my step knowing that I was going to share this with you. I hope you enjoyed finding out some information about the area also. Please like the video and subscribe. Do leave a comment, it is lovely to hear from people all over the world. I feel fortunate to be making friends in lots of places. It gives me great pleasure to make places like this accessible to people. I hope you enjoy the rest of the walk.
I used an iPhone 12 to film this video:
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There has been minimal editing of the video using LumaFusion:
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Thanks for that beautiful walk, my Grandfather was born just a stone's throw away in Winsley.
Shout out from South Africa
Interesting Mark, I thought I should have a look at Winsley one day as I’ve not explored there yet. Best wishes from 🏴👋
A fantastic walk, but what particularly catches the attention is the first five minutes or so of this video - truly a work of art in terms of its composition. It takes what is beautiful and elevates it to something beyond. Great talent, absolutely mesmerising. Many thanks.
Bless you Anthony, you are too kind. It was a lovely location to start in with the valley, trees, canal and river. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
I adore your walks. I am self-isolating in Florida due to age and an under-lying condition and it is still to hot for me to do my morning walk outside. You have helped me stop my butt from becoming too big- LOL. I also love the fact that you subtitle your history lessons and allow us to hear the natural sounds on your lovely morning walks.
Thank you, it really is my pleasure to share, and so nice to have such lovely comments. I hope you get to have some walks outside soon. Take care.
An oasis of peace and beauty in a distressing world. Thank you
I am glad you found some escape in what can be a hard world to live in
Thanks for another lovely video! I loved the trains and the platforms so easily accessible from the village! Here in America. It's just not like that in most places rural. You have to own a car! Ridiculous! I would love to catch the train to and from my job everyday. I love England and would move there tomorrow! Thank you again! ❤️!
Thank you! You are more than welcome. It is so nice to share these places. It really is a unique place. I went back and had a coffee and cake in the tearoom not long after doing this walk just to soak up the atmosphere again 😊
@@everywhereisimagined thanks again! Takes a special person to share.
Nah you'll get sick of traveling to work by train after a while I did I used to hate it .
Thank You for taking us on walks through so many beautiful places that we wouldn't have known existed without your channel!!! When we can travel again, we hope to visit some of these places you have taken us virtually. (We enjoy you channel very much!!)
Colin, it really is my pleasure to share these walks. I hope we can all start travelling again a bit more soon and the world feels a bit more open and connected. Take care.
Thank you my friend, for taking me on this beautiful trip to my dear aunt’s hamlet of Turleigh. 🙏🏽 Many happy memories lay there 💖 and it is lovely to relive them through this wonderful walk.
I have forwarded your video to my cousins. I am sure they will be thrilled as much as I am to go there with you.
Warm greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
My absolute pleasure Michael, if you had never suggested it I would have never had such a lovely walk and been able to share it. Best wishes from Wiltshire 🏴😊
@@everywhereisimagined 💖
I really enjoy these very tranquil walks--especially liked seeing the telephone booth converted into a library--so cool!
Thanks Robin, I always hope the walks are calming. In an aquarium once I saw a phone booth converted into a big fish tank 🐟☎️
So lovely. It felt like a fairy 🧚♀️ would jump out. Thank you from Georgia USA
Hello Geogria, 👋 🏴. Completely my pleasure to share... I'll try and get a fairy on film next time 👀
Gorgeous, i love how the sky comes through in your camera. As a Belgian, i love the English countryside :)
Thank you! I think it helped that the sky wasn’t too bright with quite a bit of cloud. Do all Belgium’s think that? 😁
@@everywhereisimagined Maybe not all 😁 The English TV series with Agatha Christie make it very popular!
@@ScenesBySevy Haha, it has been a long time since I have watched Agatha Christie
Respected Seniors,
Really! I have enjoyed this journey and the visuals was Precious gift to me.
The shoots all are Amazing.
Thank you very much to all the Seniors.
Just as I imagined an early morning walk in the English countryside would be. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks as ever for joining the walk and watching along.
That must be the sweetest library I’ve ever seen! Thanks for sharing such a quaint and lovely area
It is! It is my pleasure to share and thank you for joining along on the walk 😊
What a really beautiful place to walk around. 👍🏻
It really was, just a great find. So lucky to have places like this near 😊
Beautiful little villages, amazing to walk around in. I love the canal.
It was just such a lovely find Maria, thank you for joining the walk 😊
Thank you for your kind comments, Adam, and the lovely walk
So gorgeous and relaxing thank you for posting this… Enjoyed it as I woke up drinking a massive cup of coffee.
My pleasure. That sounds like a good way to start the day 😊☕️
WOW! A SUPER TOUR, FOR WATER, RAILWAYS AND HISTORY. THANKS. i'VE BEEN A LIFETIME BRITISH RAILWAYS FIEND, AND ENJOYED A GAUGE ONE LIVE STEAM GARDEN LAYOUT. A FINE VIDEO, THANKS. RODNEY
I love all your videos. I watch them while eating breakfast and pretend I'm getting the exercise too :P
I walk so you don’t have too 😉… if you want to look at it that way. It’s just nice to know you enjoy watching ☺️
@@everywhereisimagined That's a beautiful way to look at it :)
So authentically beautiful ☺️
Thank you, it was a lovely morning walk in a great location 😊
Какой-то человек из Англии? Позаботился и заморочился, чтобы я погуляла и увидела красоты этои деревни. Мне понравилось тихо спокойно, много зелени. Я бы жила там)
Спасибо. Это было прелестное утро. 🍃😊
@@everywhereisimagined, а показать что творится в домах жителей слабо?
the cows grazing in the grass and the beautiful green landscape is a picture perfect sight to behold. thanks for holding the camera there
Thank you, I did appreciate being still for a moment and watching the cows too
Дякую, дякую. Відпочиваю з Вами душею і серцем.
Truly Beautiful area..I could walk around for hours there..the one home at 16:55 was amazing, looked as if it can be used for a film..the whole area really...as always, Thank you for sharing my friend cheers.
Thank you, you are always more than welcome. There were so many little treasures to find on this walk, just lovely 😊
I love your morning walks! so peaceful and full of positive energy!!
Thank you so much! Mornings are the best.
I really like the light, really like that this was shot through the trees. I think you’re probably doing this walk for the first time.
Thank you, it was, I hope to get some autumn leaves soon falling from the trees
Woah, this channel is such a nice finding ! 🍁
Thank you that is very kind 😊
thank you for showing beautiful places!! the bobbing camera movements as you walk , makes feel ourselves walking around! thank you once again
My pleasure 😊 thank you for joining the walk.
What a beautiful place.must go here 😍. There's something wonderful catching places at 1st light.thankyou
It was a lovely tranquil morning, felt very fortunate 😊
Lovely walk. Thank you. We walked by the canal to Avoncliff and had tea at the No 10 Cafe. So nice to see the village of Turleigh too.
It's a very green and clean place. I really love it.
Thank you 😊
Beautiful part of the British Countryside. We were there in June 2022, our home town is Darwin, Australia. We enjoyed the lovely walk from Turleigh to the Cross Guns-and a great pint of Theaksons Old Peculier goes down well! A great video.
A wonder-filled walk. Thank you from Costa Rica.
Thank you for this wonderful, peaceful, picturesque video . 🙏
Thank you too, glad you found it peaceful
beautiful village ...
Thanks, it really was a great find.
Beautiful village. Will visit if I come to Bath.
Yes, it is much quieter than Beth.
Greetings from NewZealand.
Another great vid.
What a beautiful village. Love the Cotswold stone.
Im intrigued by that fine looking mill chimney. Do you have any info about the mill? Also the Manor? house at 16.56.
I like the pace of your vids and the time that you shoot them when its very still with no one around to get in the way and spoil the shots. No voice over to distract one.
Its a really nice way to eat a meal watching your vids when the body is so calm. Helps the digestive system no end.
Many thanks for putting these vids together.
Thank you for watching! It its so nice to hear that you find these walks relaxing. I often wonder about adding more history facts in!
I did a bit of research on the mill and found this: A cloth mill built by c.1790 from roughly-dressed limestone, of two storeys with about four bays, with a detached two stoey range to the south. It stands at the south end of Avoncliff weir. It was converted into a dwelling by 1998. The pantiled roof has coped gables and the windows have been replaced. The mill was reputed to contain a late 19th-early 20th century turbine. To west of this is tall square chimney of brick with large ashlar quoins. There has been a mill on this site since at least the 16th century.
And this about the manor: House, late C17 to early C18, ashlar, with hipped stone slate roof and two square corniced ashlar stacks. Two storeys and attic, square plan with formal matching early C18 style fronts to south and east and late C17 style front to west. South and east fronts have modillion cornice and parapet, cornice with heavy pulvinated frieze over ground floor and moulded plinth. Twelve-pane sashes in moulded architraves with moulded sills, the heads of the ground floor windows breaking into the base of the moulded cornice above. Seven-window south front with centre windows closely spaced and panelled double doors in open-pedimented bolection moulded surround with urn in pediment. East front has similar four-window range and two segmental-headed small-paned dormers. Some ground floor windows on both fronts have been lowered. West front is of squared rubble with moulded dripcourse and eaves cornice, the eaves cornice continuing the bottom moulding of the main cornice of south front. Five-window range of chamfered recessed 2-light mullion-and-transom windows and centre door in bolection surround. l½ storey kitchen attached at north west angle. North front is irregular but with cornice carried round. Two ground floor C17 ovolo-moulded 2-light mullion windows and a large tripartite stairlight. A stone-fronted flat dormer has recessed chamfered 2-light mullion window. Interior: altered in C20 but said to have fine twisted baluster staircase and panelled rooms. Part of the pre-Reformation Bradford parsonage lands held by the Dean and Chapter of Bristol 1542-1861. Recorded as held by Barnes family c1548-1615, by the Dicke family, clothiers, 1615-70, J. Curll, clothier 1670-1707, John Daw 1707-27, John Thresher, clothier, 1727 and by descent to Sir Bourchier Wrey c1760, and by Ann Atwood 1811. During most of the C18 the house was tenanted, from 1733-47 by J. Baskerville, clothier, and was described in 1747 as 'a very compleat well built house, with all necessary and convenient out-houses, dye-house, wool-lofts....'. From 1775 the tenant was Richard Atwood, of the noted Bath family of builders and architects. He is recorded as a close friend of the statesman Edmund Burke who is said to have visited. The Rev W. Romaine is said to have written his 'Walk and Triumph of Faith' here 1771. (Information R. and B. Harvey; R.E.M. Peach Rambles about Bath 1876 408; N. Pevsner Wiltshire 1975 540)
And i had happiness when I saw yr video showed thank u for the glorious walk and beautiful scenery, I think it’s one of the most best walks also,and I loved the quaint library ..what a great start to yr day with this walk,..take care have a great day,thank u for sharing😇😍
My pleasure Alicia, thank you for joining along with the walk. I wonder if I can find anymore old telephone boxes that have been used for other things. I hope you are having a good day too 😊
После таких впечатлений нужно не кофе, а кое-что покрепче 🙃
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Another great walk.
Thank you, always nice to have you join in a walk
no 10 tea house in Avoncliff has spectacular baked goods and savories - all made on the premises. check for open times before you go. also, i highly recommend walking the towpath towards Bath for a bit, crossing the elbow bridge, heading up the hill via either the road or the path off to the left. left will take you on a longer loop up through Winsley, past a spring system out of a rock wall, then back down around Turleigh and the wooded hill you walked up and down.
Thanks for those great tips! Sadly no 10 was closed when I went, they were doing work on the roof. I will definitely go back again, such a nice place to explore. I may do a video from Dundas too at some point.
Beautiful English countryside, thanks for sharing
A complete pleasure, thank you for joining in the walk
Ваша работа приносить нам наслаждение. 👍да, за труд.
Спасибо. С удовольствием. 😊
il verde della campagna inglese é magnifico !!
È adorabile 🍃
It's the pay-off for getting a lot of rain!
Beautiful !!
To kind, thank you.
После просмотра ваших видео чувствую себя отдохнувшей, но в то же время, будто вернулась из маленького путешествия :)
Так приятно осознавать, что видео тебя успокаивают :)
Успокаивают и вдохновляют :) вы умеете передать атмосферу через видео, это не каждый умеет, потому видео получается очень гармоничным
@@kristina.k1627 Спасибо :)
That little black smart car that is on the pavement right in front of it's house is the same one you can see it on google maps ha ha!
Very charming hamlet.
It was a great find, lovely place.
@@everywhereisimagined yes, it looks very calm and peaceful.
Very nice good job greetingsfrom 🇪🇸
Gracias! Good morning from 😊🏴
amazing..thank you
Hello friend, you are more than welcome, thank you for always joining the walks.
As always, a wonderful video!
Thank you Ken, always a pleasure to have you along fro the walk.
great channel,man.thanks alot & god bless you
My pleasure. Thank you for the kind comment.
Awesome video ✨👍💕
Thank you 🥰
Super Super
Thank you, thank you!
Beautiful... and enjoyed the morning walk 🌄.. thank you
Thank you for joining the morning 😊 it was a good one
Excelente vídeo!
Thank you!
Очень хорошие у вас видео: душевные и спокойные. Уверена, что там живут самые счастливые люди 😊
Спасибо. Надеюсь, они проживут спокойную расслабляющую жизнь :)
*I like really much your videos. 🔝 Greetings from Argentina* 🇦🇷
Thank you Agustín, it really is a pleasure, good morning from 🏴😊
Thanks for sharing my friend
You are more than welcome, it is may pleasure.
enorabuena el video y el camara de lo mejor, muchas gracias por enseñar este pueblo tan bonito ,de una enamorada de Inglaterra desde barcelona Cataluña asta el proximo video Thank you.
Gracias, un placer compartirlo 😊
Yet another great video Adam. If I had to commute to work by train in that region, I would feel relaxed before I even started work, unlike other parts of London where most would feel stressed. It's another corker!!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. It would be the most pleasurable commute from there. I'd be torn between reading a good book and just sitting enjoying the views.
@@everywhereisimagined Either way it would be just as Lou Reed sang, a "Perfect Day" : )
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❤️ I was waiting
I hope you enjoyed it Rosy 😊
Yeah it's amazing ❤️
Absolutely stunning. You are fantastic. Given your experience traveling to such beautiful areas, could you recommend an area to stay for a couple in their 60s who love the village feel, have access to train or bus (w/o the use of a car), and the opportunity to explore the area for days on foot?
Thank you . That is a very kind comment. Somewhere like Bradford on Avon may be a good choice as there is train and buses. There are also nice walks along the canal, nice cafes and pubs too.
Actually, this is perfect. We've been searching for a few months now and this is exactly what we wanted. Thank you so much. May your days be full of happiness and good fortune.
Very nice. Have ever walked the white cliffs of Dover?
No, but that is a good idea... it's going on the list
@@everywhereisimagined That's a bucket list item.:)
If the cars were absent from roadsides , one would feel like arriving in 15th or 16th century . It's beautiful no doubt but I wonder what made them to go out in the world & colonise other countries. Why weren't they satisfied with their calm , green beautiful surroundings ?
An interesting question and one that will tick over in my mind, it is a need to explore but also some urge to concur...
When is the autumn there???
Autumn is starting now, I hope to get the leaves falling on video soon
Is this England?
Anyways.... beautiful place.
Peace and love ❤️ take care always 😇
Yep, still in England. Finding the lovely calm places. Hope you’re taking care also 😊
Why are they riding horses???
People ride their horses on quiet roads and lanes in the countryside in the UK
@@everywhereisimagined Thank you for your explanation.
Because horses don't ride humans
Brilliant!! this is part of my pre covid cycle route. I watched it as I walked on the treadmill. Any Chance of an unedited version?
Anyway, I loved this, thanks very much for posting.
Thanks Jake! The unedited video was about 1 hour long and a bit shaky in parts... maybe I will try for a continuous shot in on of my next walks. Keep up with the treadmill and cycling!