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The River Avon / ˈeɪvən / (AY-vən), also / ˈeɪvɒn / (AY-von) in central England flows generally southwestwards and is a major left-bank and easternmost tributary of the River Severn. It is also known as the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon, to distinguish it from several other rivers of the same name in the United Kingdom.
This is a list of crossings of the River Avon in England (including bridges, tunnels, ferries and fords), in order from its source in Northamptonshire, through or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire, to its confluence with the River Severn at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
England. Warwickshire. 52°11′34″N01°42′23″W / 52.19278°N 1.70639°W. Stratford-upon-Avon (/- ˈeɪvən /), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, [ 2 ] in the West Midlands region of England.
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a meander of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone during the 12th century.
Warwickshire is a flat, lowland county, but its far south contains part of the Cotswolds AONB. The River Avon, a major tributary of the Severn, flows through the south of the county. The region was part of Roman Britain and later the Roman road called Watling Street became the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and the Danelaw ...
River Avon, Bristol. The River Avon / ˈeɪvən / is a river in the southwest of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name, it is often called the Bristol Avon. The name 'Avon' is loaned from an ancestor of the Welsh word afon, meaning 'river'. The Avon rises just north of the village of Acton Turville in South ...
West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire. The Forest of Arden is a former forest and culturally defined area located in the English West Midlands, [1] that in antiquity and into the Early Modern Period included much of Warwickshire, and parts of Shropshire, [2][3][4] Staffordshire, the West Midlands, and Worcestershire. [5][6][7 ...
Rugby, Warwickshire. Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. At the 2021 census, its population was 78,117, [1] making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby, which had a population of 114,400 in 2021. [2]