River Coln
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Not to be confused with many rivers named 'Colne'
The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire.
The Coln rises at Brockhampton to the east of Cheltenham, and flows in a south/south-easterly direction through the Cotswold Hills by way of Andoversford, Withington, Fossbridge, Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns and Fairford.
It joins the River Thames to the south-west of Lechlade, where it shares a confluence with the Thames and Severn Canal, by The Round House Footbridge.[1]
Extensive gravel pits that are now redundant, lying between Fairford and Lechlade, form the eastern component of the Cotswold Water Park, which is fed and drained by the Coln.[2]
The river contains fish of many species, including brown trout and grayling.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.ecn.ac.uk/sites/coln.html Environmental Change Network
- ↑ http://www.waterpark.org/ Cotswold Water Park
- Location map: 51.683 -1.7
