The Gauze Brook is a stream in the West Country

West of England

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 of England

England

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, which rises near the village of Littleton Drew in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, England

England

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 and flows in a north easterly direction for approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) before joining the Bristol Avon near the village of Little Somerford.

Course

Gauze Brook rises a little to the north east of the Wiltshire village of Littleton Drew and then flows to the north east through Dunley Wood before passing to the north of Hullavington

Hullavington

Hullavington is an English village in Wiltshire, just to the north of the M4 motorway, 5 miles south-south-west of Malmesbury and 7 miles north of Chippenham.-History:Hullavington is first attested as Hunlavintone in the Domesday Book of 1086...

. The stream then passes underneath the South Wales main railway line

South Wales Main Line

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 before it arrives at the village of Corston

Corston, Wiltshire

Corston is a small village on the A429 road in Wiltshire, England - approximately 3 miles south of the town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire. The Gauze Brook, a tributary of the Bristol Avon passes through the village....

. Just over a mile later it joins the Bristol Avon by Angrove Farm, near Little Somerford.