Over is a village in the
civil parish
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of
Almondsbury
Almondsbury () is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A38 road in the Avon Green Belt north of Bristol city centre. It is adjacent to junction 16 of the M5 motorway and Almondsbury Interc ...
in
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern p ...
, England, north of
Bristol
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. It lies on the
B4055, a road that parallels the
M5 from Junction 17 to 16. The road, known locally as Over Lane, abuts to the east a ridge which overlooks the
Severn
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floodplain, dominated by Bristol Golf Club or Course. According to local
legend
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s, a
ghost
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of an old woman haunts this place every
New Year's Eve
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.
Over Court had a large deer park, which was largely replaced in the 20th century by the golf venue.
A similar deer park was higher and to the north at Knole Park, the house of which was centred on a small knoll which was a fortified Roman camp. Most of its grounds have been replaced by
a large brick quarry, Springwood Nurseries and Almondsbury's paired garden centres which are notable for large outdoor areas.
Beyond the clustered settlement, before the lane climbs to the north it passes over the
London
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to
South Wales
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Main Line, a railway emerging from
Patchway
Patchway is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, situated north-north west of central Bristol. The town has become an overflow settlement for Bristol and is contiguous with Bristol's urban area, along with the nearby towns ...
Tunnel before heading across the Severn floodplain to the
Severn Tunnel. Its main station is
Bristol Parkway station a few miles to the southeast. Via mainly rural, linear
Easter Compton
Easter Compton is a village in the civil parish of Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated at the bottom of a hill (known as ''Blackhorse Hill'') near Junction 17 of the M5 Motorway on the B4055 road.
The village is only 1.5 ...
parish or footpaths and tiny lanes which follow the line closely
Pilning railway station is a walk about away. The area is road-dominated and the loss of the deer parks has led to little tourism. In 2015 Pilning it was the sixth least used station in the UK — 68 passenger entries/exits were recorded for the year.
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Villages in South Gloucestershire District