The Gauze Brook is a stream in
South West England
South West England, or the South West of England, is one of nine official regions of England. It consists of the counties of Bristol, Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly), Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Cities and ...
, which rises near the village of
Littleton Drew
Littleton may refer to:
Places
In Ireland:
*Littleton, County Tipperary
*Littleton (electoral division) in County Tipperary
In the United Kingdom:
*Littleton, Cheshire
* Littleton, Hampshire
* Littleton, Somerset
*High Littleton, Somerset
*Little ...
in
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
and flows in a northeasterly direction for approximately before joining the
Bristol Avon
The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is a cognate of the Welsh word , meaning 'river'.
The Avon r ...
near the village of
Little Somerford
Little Somerford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, southeast of Malmesbury and northeast of Chippenham.
The northern boundary of the parish follows approximately the B4040 Malmesbury– Swindon road. The Bristol Avon forms ...
.
Course
Gauze Brook rises a little to the north east of the Wiltshire village of Littleton Drew and then flows to the northeast through Dunley Wood before passing to the north of
Hullavington
Hullavington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, just to the north of the M4 motorway. The village lies about southwest of Malmesbury and north of Chippenham.
The Fosse Way, a Roman road, forms the western boundary of the par ...
. The stream then passes underneath the
South Wales main railway line before it arrives at the village of
Corston. Just over a mile later it joins the Bristol Avon by Angrove Farm, near Little Somerford.
References
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Rivers of Wiltshire
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