Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is an historic town on the River Avon in the county of , best known as the home town of the great English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare.
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  • Type: Town with 27,800 residents
  • Description: town in Warwickshire, England
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Shakespeare’s Birthplace.

Arts center
The is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's Birthplace is a restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, , England, where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his childhood years.

Church
The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, is a Grade I listed of the Church of England in Stratford-upon-Avon, , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifford Chambers and Shottery.

Village
is a village and former civil parish two miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon town centre, in , England. It is on the B4632 road and one mile south of the A3400.

Neighborhood
is a district of Stratford-upon-Avon, , situated about one mile west of the town centre. It was formerly a hamlet. is the location of the , the childhood home of Anne Hathaway.

Village
is a village in , England, within the civil parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, about 1.5 miles northeast of Stratford town centre. It is located south of the , and is connected to the historic town by Road.

Stratford-upon-Avon

Latitude
52.1928° or 52° 11′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.7063° or 1° 42′ 23″ west
Population
27,800
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SAV
Open location code
9C4W57VV+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 674398223
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2636713
Wiki­data ID
Q189288
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Stratford-upon-Avon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Albanian: Stratford mbi Avon
  • Arabic: ستراتفورد
  • Armenian: Ստրատֆորդ ըփոն Էյվոն
  • Azerbaijani: Stratford-apon-Eyvon
  • Basque: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Belarusian: Стратфард-на-Эйване
  • Belarusian: Стратфард-он-Эйван
  • Bengali: স্ট্রাটফোর্ড-আপন-অ্যাভন
  • Breton: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Bulgarian: Страдфорд ъпон Ейвън
  • Bulgarian: Стратфорд на Ейвън
  • Bulgarian: Стратфорд ъпон Ейвън
  • Burmese: စထရက်ဖို့အက်ပွန်းဧဗွန်မြို့
  • Burmese: စထရက်ဖို့အွန်ဧဗွန်းမြို့
  • Catalan: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Cebuano: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Chechen: Стратфорд-Эйвонехь
  • Chinese: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Chinese: 史特拉弗
  • Chinese: 史特拉福
  • Chinese: 埃文河畔斯特拉特福
  • Chinese: 斯特拉夫镇
  • Chinese: 斯特拉福鎮
  • Chinese: 艾芬河畔斯特拉特福
  • Chinese: 雅芳河畔斯特拉特福
  • Crimean Tatar: Stratford-apon-Eyvon
  • Czech: Stratford nad Avonou
  • Czech: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Danish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Dutch: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Egyptian Arabic: ستراتفورد
  • Esperanto: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Estonian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Finnish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • French: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Galician: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Georgian: ეივონის სტრატფორდი
  • German: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Greek: Στράτφορντ-απόν-Έιβον
  • Gujarati: સ્ટ્રાટફોર્ડ-અપોન-એવોન
  • Hebrew: סטרטפורד על האייבון
  • Hebrew: סטרטפורד על נהר אייבון
  • Hungarian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Ido: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Indonesian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Interlingua: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Irish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Italian: Stratford on Avon
  • Italian: Stratford sull’Avon
  • Italian: Stratford upon Avon
  • Italian: Stratford-on-Avon
  • Italian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Japanese: ストラットフォード・アポン・エイヴォン
  • Japanese: ストラットフォード・アポン・エイボン
  • Japanese: ストラトフォード・アポン・エーボン
  • Japanese: ストラトフォード・アポン・エイヴォン
  • Japanese: ストラトフォード・アポン・エイボン
  • Japanese: ストラトフォード=アポン=エイヴォン
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಟ್ರಾಟ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್-ಆಪಾನ್-ಏವನ್
  • Korean: 스트랫퍼드 어펀 에이번
  • Korean: 스트랫퍼드 어폰 에이번
  • Korean: 스트랫퍼드어폰에이번
  • Ladin: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Latin: Stratfordia super Avonam
  • Latvian: Stratforda pie Eivonas
  • Latvian: Stretforda pie Eivonas
  • Lithuanian: Stratfordas prie Eivono
  • Lombard: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Luxembourgish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Macedonian: Стратфорд на Ејвон
  • Malayalam: സ്ട്രേറ്റ്‌ഫോഡ് അപോൺ എയ്‌വൻ
  • Maltese: Stratford-on-Avon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Norwegian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Occitan (post 1500): Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Strætford on Wæringscīr
  • Ossetian: Стратфорд-апон-Эйвон
  • Ossetian: Стратфорд-Эйвоныл
  • Panjabi: ਸਟ੍ਰੈਟਫ਼ੋਰਡ-ਅਪੌਨ-ਏਵਨ
  • Persian: استراتفورد-آپون-آوون
  • Persian: استراتفورد
  • Persian: استرتفورد
  • Piemontese: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Polish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Portuguese: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Romanian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Russian: Стратфорд на Эйвоне
  • Russian: Стратфорд-апон-Эйвон
  • Russian: Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне
  • Russian: Стратфорд-он-Эйвон
  • Serbian: Stratford na Ejvonu
  • Serbian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Serbian: Стратфорд на Авону
  • Serbian: Стратфорд на Ејвону
  • Serbo-Croatian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Slovak: Stratford nad Avonou
  • Slovak: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Slovenian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Spanish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Swedish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Tajik: Стратфорд-апон-Эйвон
  • Tamil: ஸ்ட்ராட்டபோர்ட-அபோன்-அவோன்
  • Tatar: Стратфорд-апон-Эйвон
  • Telugu: స్టార్ట్ ఫోర్డ్-అప్ ఆన్-ఏవన్
  • Thai: สแตรตเฟิร์ด-อะพอน-เอวอน
  • Turkish: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Ukrainian: Стратфорд-апон-Ейвон
  • Ukrainian: Стратфорд-на-Ейвоні
  • Ukrainian: Стретфорд-на-Ейвоні
  • Ukrainian: Стретфорд
  • Urdu: اسٹراتفورڈ-وپون-اوون
  • Urdu: اسٹراٹفورڈ آپون آؤون
  • Urdu: اسٹراٹفورڈ اپون ایون
  • Uzbek: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Venetian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Vietnamese: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Volapük: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Waray (Philippines): Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Welsh: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Western Frisian: Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Wu Chinese: 埃文河畔斯特拉特福
  • Yue Chinese: 史特拉福
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