Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton was traditionally associated with the wool trade and it is thought that the town's name is derived from 'Wool Town'.

A famous past resident is Sir Issac Pittman, who invented phonography.

Wotton is also home to the engineering company Renishaw, whose business is about a mile from the town centre, near the Little Avon.

The town has no railway station, but is close to the village of Charfield on the Bristol-Birmingham main line, where the station has been proposed for re-opening.

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