Lower Woods are the most extensive area of ancient woodlands in the former county of Avon.

Filton was in Gloucestershire until 1974 when it became part of the newly formed county of Avon.

Bristol, England, a city in the county of Avon.

In the early 1970s the new counties of Humberside and Avon were expected to grow rapidly as the population of the country expanded.

The 2001 population of the former county of Avon was 1,015,200.

It was transferred back from the county of Avon in 1991, having been in Gloucestershire before 1972.

In 1974, the new Bristol-based county of Avon was formed.

However, on 1 April 1974, it became a local government district of the short-lived county of Avon.

The county of Avon was formed in 1974 and abolished in 1996.

It was transferred from the county of Avon in 1991 and is now in Stroud District.