Bradford On Avon
The Town
Our property search company can show you pretty Bradford-on-Avon, near the Wiltshire-Somerset border on the edge of the picturesque Cotswolds. Our Recoco property finder can confirm the population is under 10,000.
Our boutique buying agents can show you weavers’ cottages on Tory Terraces, Newtown, and Middle Rank. For a property buyer seeking apartment and flat conversions, our buyers agents can present many former textile factories.
The town is popular with tourists, as our property search company can tell you. Our real estate buyers agent might also mention the surrounding Wiltshire Green Belt, keeping the town distinct from nearby Winsley, Westwood, and Trowbridge. For picturesque views to help inform your property search, our independent buying agents may suggest the hill overlooking town.
Transport
Ask your Recoco property finder about travel links: the A363 to Bath and Trowbridge; M4, J18 (Bath) or M4, J17 (Chippenham) are the nearest motorway junctions. The Kennet & Avon Canal and Bradford Lock runs through town, parallel to the railway. Trains to Bath take around 30 minutes, Weymouth just under two hours. Our boutique buying agents might mention other destinations: London Waterloo, Portsmouth Harbour, Cardiff Central, and Bristol Temple Meads.
History
Our property search company will happily outline the town’s history; as our boutique buying agents can tell you, local history can be traced to the Romans. The Saxon Church is thought to be eighth century; our buyers agents can tell you some of the bridge arches are 13th century. Our property buying agent can also show you, the Grade II* listed Saxon Tithe Barn, dating from the 14th century, one of the town’s most notable buildings.
Several buildings date from the 17th century, when, as our Recoco buying agent will tell you, much of the town’s prosperity came from wool.
Education
Educational facilities important in your property search? Christ Church CofE and Fitzmaurice Primary School are the primary schools. Our property buying agent can confirm the only state secondary school, St Laurence, is also home to the 300-seat purpose-built Wiltshire Music Centre, which regularly attracts internationally renowned musicians.
Leisure and Events
There’s plenty to keep a property buyer occupied, including the Town Lock-Up, Westwood Manor, and the Museum. Or take a Kennet & Avon Canal Boat Trip to see the town from the water.
Sports enthusiast? Ask our real estate buyers agent about football, rugby, rowing, and bowls clubs, golf course, tennis court, and swimming pool. And numerous events take place through the year, from pancake races, walking and arts festivals, to farmers’ markets – ask our buyers agents for details.
Independent buying agents may also suggest a potential property buyer takes a Towpath trip by bike, enjoys a Vitality Spa day, or loses themselves in the stacks at the Ex-Libris Book Shop. Ask your property search company about the other ethical Weavers Walk stores, including vintage clothes and cheese.
For nature fans, the Hall at the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust offers access to attractive, peaceful gardens in the town centre. Visit the Courts Garden, Holt, or spot the swans at the recently updated Timbrell’s Yard hotel.
Your real estate buyers agent can also point out specialist shops - gift emporium Piha or the MCCAAD Studio & Art Gallery. And ask our Recoco property finder about grocery supply options: the Elms Cross Shopping Centre supermarket, and five convenience stores.
Foodies’ Corner
Independent buying agents can recommend several eateries near the river. In the mood for pizza or pasta? Book in advance at cosy, family-owned Pizzeria Amici. Guests at Lock Inn Café can eat inside the narrowboat on request (space allowing).
Try the Bear Inn’s delicious and filling pies or take a lunch break from your property search at the Fat Fowl. A Dandy Lion window seat, meanwhile, is perfect for a little people-watching. We’re also confident our Recoco buying agent would recommend the cafe at Iford Manor Peto Gardens, which also hosts musical events.
Celebrity Connections
Rugby union player Will Carling, journalist Miles Kington, Olympic gold medallist kayaker Ed McKeever, and television presenter Hugh Scully have links to the town. Several productions have been filmed here, as our property buying agent will confirm: including Robin of Sherwood, a Canterbury Tales movie, the White Princess TV series, and Wolf Hall.
Fun Fact
The building on the bridge was once the local lockup. Ask our Recoco buying agent to show you the distinctive weather vane – in the shape of a gudgeon, it gave rise to a local saying, “under the fish and over the water”.