Avon Valley Country Park
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Avon Valley Country Park is a 50 acres (20.2 ha) Country park
in Keynsham
, Somerset
, England.
The park which is next to the River Avon provides country walks, a boating lake, play areas for children, a small petting zoo and a miniature railway.
The site was common grazing land in the 15th century and later became a farm. In 1976 it was purchased as a pick your own fruit farm and subsequently developed into the country park.
railway. It is Britain's only commercial ground-level railway. It opened in 1999 and now has one steam and 10 diesel engines which are battery operated.
Country park
A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.-History:In the United Kingdom the term 'Country Park' has a special meaning. There are over 400 Country Parks in England alone . Most Country Parks were designated in the 1970s, under the...
in Keynsham
Keynsham
Keynsham is a town and civil parish between Bristol and Bath in Somerset, south-west England. It has a population of 15,533.It was listed in the Domesday Book as Cainesham, which is believed to mean the home of Saint Keyne....
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England.
The park which is next to the River Avon provides country walks, a boating lake, play areas for children, a small petting zoo and a miniature railway.
The site was common grazing land in the 15th century and later became a farm. In 1976 it was purchased as a pick your own fruit farm and subsequently developed into the country park.
Miniature railway
Within the park is the "Strawberry Line", a 0.75 miles (1.2 km) length of gaugeRail gauge
Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
railway. It is Britain's only commercial ground-level railway. It opened in 1999 and now has one steam and 10 diesel engines which are battery operated.