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The town is a suburb of Bristol and runs directly into it.
From 1974 to 1996 it was a local government district borough in the County of Avon. It was merged on April 1, 1996 with its neighborouging NorthavonNorthavon was a district in the English county of Avon from April 1, 1974 to April 1, 1996. Avon was abolished on that day, and Northavon was merged with its neighbour Kingswood to form a new unitary South Gloucestershire. It covered most of the area of t to form South Gloucestershire.
The present parliamentary constituency of Kingswood also covers a small part of Bristol. Its MP is Roger BerryRoger Leslie Berry (born July 4, 1948) is a British politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Kingswood. He was educated at the University of Bristol and University of Sussex ( DPhil) and was subsequently an economics lecturer at Sussex, the Univers.
South Gloucestershire AvonAvon is the name of many rivers; see River Avon. Avon is the name of some places in Canada: Avon, a place in the province of New Brunswick. Avon, a place in the province of Ontario. Black Avon, a place in the province of Nova Scotia. New Avon, a place in Bristol