Often we don't have to travel far out of Bristol to feel like we're in a completely different world. Avoncliff in Wiltshire is less than an hour's drive away and feels like an
The Cross Guns pub is the jewel in the crowd of this tiny, tranquil village in Wiltshire situated between the river and the canal. The building itself is imbued in history, and is one of the oldest buildings in Avoncliff, with one section of The Cross Guns believed to date back to the 1490s with the central inglenook fireplace being of the same style as those found at Hampton Court.
Records show it's been an inn since the 17th-century providing rest for travellers and was later used by quarrymen, millworkers and travellers. The journey to Avoncliff is made more magical by train which takes under 40 minutes from Bristol Temple Meads on a railway line that traces the river.
