River Avon (Warwickshire) - Course

Course

[ ] River Avon
Legend
Proposed Extension
Proposed connection to Grand Union
NEW Johnson's Garden Lock and weir
NEW Prince's Drive Lock and weir
Canalisation of River Leam
NEW Castle Lock
Warwick Castle weirs
Barlord weir and NEW Lock
Barlord loop and Possible bypass canal
NEW Hampton lock
Hampton Lucy weirs
Alveston weirs and NEW Lock
Safe limit for shallow craft
Red House(safe limit of navigation)
A422 Clopton Bridge
Tramway Bridge
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Colin P Witter Lock
Footbridge
A4390 Seven Meadows Road
Weir Brake/Gordon Grey Lock
Stan Clover Lock
Binton Bridges
WA Cadbury Lock
Pilgrim Lock
Elsie and Hiram Billington Lock
B4085 Bidford Bridge
Inland Waterways Assoc Lock
Robert Aickman New Lock
George Billington Lock
A46(T) Simon De Montford Bridge
Railway Bridge
Evesham Lock
A44 Bridge
Railway Bridge
Chadbury Lock
Railway Bridge
Fladbury Lock
Wyre Lock
Pershore Lock
B4084 Pershore New Bridge
Nafford Lock
B4080 Eckington Bridge
Defford Railway Bridge
Strensham Lock
M5 motorway Bridge
weir
Avon Lock + River Severn
Tewkesbury
weir and mill

The source of the Avon is from a spring near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshire. For the first few miles of its length between Welford and the Dow Bridge on Watling Street, it forms the border between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On this section, it has been dammed to create Stanford Reservoir. It then flows in a generally west-southwesterly direction, not far north of the Cotswold Edge and through the Vale of Evesham, passing through the towns and villages of Welford, Rugby, Wolston, (bordering Leamington Spa), Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Welford-on-Avon, Bidford-on-Avon, Evesham and Pershore, before it joins the River Severn at Tewkesbury.

The river has a total length of 85 miles (137 km) and a catchment size of 1,032 square miles (2,670 km2). The Avon's tributaries include the Rivers Leam, Stour, Sowe, Dene, Arrow, Swift, Alne, Isbourne, Sherbourne and Swilgate as well as many minor streams and brooks.

A long distance footpath has been created which follows the river from its source to the River Severn at Tewkesbury. The route is marketed as Shakespeare's Avon Way, and is 88 miles (142 km) long. It uses existing footpaths and tracks to stay as close to the river as is reasonably possible.

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