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[[File:Chalkstream.jpg|thumb|250px|The River at Winterbourne Gunner]]
The '''River Bourne''' is a river in [[Wiltshire]], a tributary of the [[River Avon, Hampshire|Salisbury Avon]].

The Bourne's source is at the eastern end of the [[Vale of Pewsey]], just south of the village of [[Burbage, Wiltshire|Burbage]]. The river cuts through the chalk escarpment at [[Collingbourne Kingston]], to flow south across [[Salisbury Plain]] through the town of [[Tidworth]] and the village of [[Shipton Bellinger]].

As it continues south the river passes the Bourne Valley villages: [[Cholderton]], [[Newton Tony]], [[Allington, Salisbury|Allington]], [[Boscombe, Wiltshire|Boscombe]], [[Idmiston]], [[Porton]], [[Gomeldon]], [[Winterbourne Gunner]], [[Winterbourne Dauntsey]], [[Winterbourne Earls]] and [[Hurdcott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=249|title=Winterbourne|work=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|accessdate=26 February 2013}}</ref> After passing [[Laverstock and Ford|Ford and Laverstock]] the Bourne joins the Avon in the eastern outskirts of [[Salisbury]].

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