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The River Avon (/ ˈ eɪ v ən / AY-vən) 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 River Avon (/ ˈ eɪ v ən / AY-vən or / ˈ eɪ v ɒ n / 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.
The River Avon (/ ˈ eɪ v ən / AY-vən) is in the south of England, rising in Wiltshire, flowing through that county's city of Salisbury and then west Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation of Dorset.
River Avon, Bristol, running from Acton Turville to Avonmouth (also known as the Bristol Avon). River Avon, Devon, running from Ryder's Hill to Bigbury (also known as River Aune). River Avon, Warwickshire, running from Naseby to Tewkesbury (also known as Shakespeare's Avon). River Avon, Hampshire, running from Pewsey to Christchurch (also known ...
River Avon System is a 475.9-hectare (1,176-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire and Wiltshire, southern England. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [3] It is part of the Avon Valley and New Forest Ramsar sites [4] [5] and is also part of two Special Protection Areas: Solent and Southampton Water, and the New Forest.
AY-vən), 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. It is situated on the River Avon, 91 miles (146 km) north-west of London, 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Warwick. [3]
Avon Water [a] is a small river draining some of the southwest of the New Forest in Hampshire to The Solent.West of the upper part of its archetypally dendritic drainage basin, which has formed due to the forest's heath soil, is the due south, much larger River Avon, rising in Wiltshire.
There are two rivers in Wiltshire, England, named Avon: River Avon (Bristol) , which flows through the north of the county and into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth, Bristol River Avon (Hampshire) , which flows through Salisbury and into the English Channel at Christchurch on the border of Dorset and Hampshire