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River Avon

The River Avon in central England flows generally southwestwards and is a major left-bank and easternmost tributary of the . 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.
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Warwickshire, UK
  • Also known as: “River Avon (Warwickshire)”, “River Avon, Warwickshire”, and “Shakespeare’s Avon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tudor Hotel and Tewkesbury Abbey.

Hotel
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, commonly known as , is located in the town of in the ceremonial county of , England.

Museum
Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small community museum dedicated to the social history and heritage of in , England. The museum is housed in a 17th-century half-timbered building at 64 and 64a Barton Street, in property which was given to the Borough of Tewkesbury in 1956 on the express condition that it be used as a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tewkesbury and Walton Cardiff.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a small market town in north , approximately 11 mi north of the city of and 9 mi north of . It is renowned for its medieval streetscape and large number of timber framed buildings.

Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the , in , England. In 2001, the parish had a population of 1291.

Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district in , England. The church is dedicated to Saint Peter. At the 2021 census, the population was 372. Bredon School is located to the north of the village.

River Avon

Latitude
51.99647° or 51° 59′ 47″ north
Longitude
-2.15738° or 2° 9′ 27″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
9C3VXRWV+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 380795839
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2656743
Wiki­data ID
Q19709
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“River Avon” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Էյվոն (Սևերնի վտակ)”
  • Armenian: “Էյվոն”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Avon”
  • Breton: “Avon Warwickshire”
  • Catalan: “Riu Avon”
  • Cebuano: “River Avon”
  • Chinese: “亞芬河”
  • Chinese: “埃文河”
  • Chinese: “艾芬河”
  • Chinese: “雅芳河”
  • Chuvash: “Эйвон”
  • Czech: “Avona”
  • Danish: “Avon”
  • Dutch: “Upper Avon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اڤون”
  • Esperanto: “Avon”
  • Estonian: “Avoni jõgi”
  • Finnish: “Avon”
  • French: “Avon”
  • German: “Avon”
  • German: “River Avon”
  • Greek: “Έιβον του Ουόρικσιρ”
  • Irish: “An Abhainn, Warwickshire”
  • Irish: “An Abhainn”
  • Italian: “Fiume Avon”
  • Italian: “Shakespeare’s Avon”
  • Italian: “Warwickshire Avon”
  • Japanese: “エイヴォン川”
  • Latvian: “Eivona (Sevērnas pieteka)”
  • Latvian: “Eivona”
  • Lithuanian: “Aukštutinis Eivonas”
  • Macedonian: “Ејвон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avon i Warwickshire”
  • Norwegian: “Avon”
  • Persian: “رود آون”
  • Piemontese: “Warwickshire Avon (fium)”
  • Piemontese: “Warwickshire Avon”
  • Polish: “Avon”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Avon”
  • Romanian: “Râul Avon”
  • Russian: “Эйвон”
  • Serbian: “Ејвон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “River Avon”
  • Slovenian: “Avon”
  • Spanish: “Avon”
  • Spanish: “Río Avon”
  • Swahili: “Mto Avon”
  • Swedish: “Warwickshire Avon”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Avon Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейвон”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Avon”
  • Welsh: “Afon Avon”
  • Western Frisian: “Avon”
  • Yue Chinese: “雅芳河”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tewkesbury Post Office and Secret Garden.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Avon”. Photo: Walwegs, Public domain.