River Avon
The River Avon 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.
Photo: Walwegs, Public domain.- Type: River
- Description: river in Warwickshire, UK
- Also known as: “River Avon (Warwickshire)”, “River Avon, Warwickshire”, “Shakespeare’s Avon”, and “亞芬河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tudor Hotel and Tewkesbury Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tewkesbury and Walton Cardiff.
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury is a market town in Gloucestershire, about 11 miles north of Gloucester the county town.
River Avon
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “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”
- 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: “Avon Nehri”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Avon Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ейвон”
- Venetian: “Fiume Avon”
- Welsh: “Afon Avon”
- Western Frisian: “Avon”
- Yue Chinese: “雅芳河”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mythe and Mitton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tewkesbury Post Office and Secret Garden.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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