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 CommunitiesThe project – the creation of 15 interpretation boards, a guide book and a website to promote the River Avon Trail – also acted to forge local links with the communities who live and work along the river. In early 2004, a number of local meetings were held and a bi-monthly news bulletin was published. The project consulted with local history and conservation societies to arrange and advertise local discovery walks, hosted and led by people from groups such as the Friends of Troopers Hill.
Working with Schools
In the summer 2004, school projects were also arranged. These used local knowledge as a basis for cross-curricular workshops.  Pupils at Crockerne Pill Primary School created a printed book telling stories of old Pill. Saltford Brass Mill hosted a class from Saltford Primary School making 'willow wildlife' in celebration of the significance of the river to the village. At inner city Barton Hill, children from Barton Hill Nursery & Infant School worked with an aminator to devise an animation on the theme of the river and the transformation of the area. Working with the National Trust and the Avon Gorge & Downs Project, the schools' work culminated in an eye-catching launch event in the Avon Gorge with pupils from Ashton Gate and Christchurch Primary Schools.
Conham Mural 2005
During the Summer of 2005 an exciting art project created a fantastic 17 metre long mural on a concrete wall beside the River Avon Trail at Conham.  The wall, which is close to Beese's Tea Gardens and adjacent to the new Local Nature Reserve - 'Avon Valley Woodlands', was already the focus of regular graffiti but most of this has no connection with the wonderful natural surroundings by the river. The Forest of Avon and South Gloucestershire Council worked with young people from Hanham Youth Centre to come up with designs for the wall. The wall was finished in September and postcards of the artwork are available at local libraries and tourist offices.
See the Barton Hill animation, the Pill book, work in progress at Saltford and in the Avon Gorge.
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