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The order to extinguish Avon County in the United Kingdom was carried out on 1 April 1996 and the County of Avon no longer.

Avon replace the four authorities are:
1. The City and County of Bristol
2. South Gloucestershire - formed from the districts and Kingswood Northavon.
3. North Somerset - created from the Woodspring district.
4. Bath and North East Somerset - formed from the bathroom and districts Wansdyke.

For the holidays worry, the office of Lord Lieutenant of Avon was abolished, which use his Bristol High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant, while other administration has been returned to its original county. Tips to change the borders of Bristol (either by drawing sketches of new or incorporating the ward of most Kingswood added to it) were rejected.

The end of the County of Avon was the focus of a BBC documentary known as "The End of Avon, which was produced by Linda Orr and Michael Lund and broadcast on television in 1996.

Adam Thomas (a BBC presenter) investigated in 2006 why Avon has refused to die, the episodes of the BBC One regional program "Inside Out West '. He continued to be included in the databases of large corporations and businesses as part of their addresses in the region and also in names such as Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Avon Wildlife Trust and Avon Fire and Rescue Service.

Representatives from these organizations said they had no intention of changing their names. However, Royal Mail has suggested that it was not necessary to include in any such address Avon that had been abandoned. It was therefore not necessary to use the postal counties since 1996.

Some organizations still covered the area of the primitive commune of Avon: for example, the district coroner Avon, Avon Fire and Rescue, Intelligence West and West of England Strategic Partnership until 2006 when the Avon Ambulance Service (it is now merged with the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ambulance services to form the Great Western Ambulance Service). The county and its primitive form neighboring South side of the area covered by Somerset Constabulary and Avon.

However, it is not even a single council and the four unitary authorities yet to collect on many aspects of its policy, as the Joint Plan on local transport. [1]. The term now, "West England" is used by some companies and organizations still refer to the anterior region.

The county (or advice) which were previously Avon had a duration of Cuba "has been created to meet the post Avon area. The term used instead of "Avon", Severnside is sometimes used], although this term can not be used to describe the extent of coast from Newport to Chepstow and Aust Avonmouth north. "Greater Bristol" can also be used, although this use of the term is often criticized by the natives of Bath, Weston-Super-Mare, and other historical parts Somerset and Gloucestershire. The Forest of Avon is covering part of the area of the four local authorities and community forest. Other memories include the presence of Avon Avon bike path (first created and promoted by Cyclebag), a 137 km (85-mile) circular passage on quiet roads, bike paths and roads , who was a pioneer of National Cycle Network.

In addition, Avon County Council has done what could be done to fund a bike path for the introduction and Bath and Bristol Railway Path.