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River Avon (Warwick)

Description: Runs from Warwick to Tewkesbury, although the stretch from Stratford to Warwick is not fully navigable

History: Made navigable by Acts of 1751 and 1793. The upper Avon Navigation Act of 1972 now applies. Opened for navigation in 1639.
For more details see the History page.

Points of Interest: Is now administered by the Upper Avon Navigation Trust and the Lower Avon Navigation Trust.

Subordinate Waterways:

• Higher Avon Navigation
• Lower Avon Navigation
• Upper Avon

Related Articles

• Shakespeare's Avon

Related Books

• Shakespeare's Avon by Ernest Walls, 320 pages, Published by Arrowsmith, in 1935, Rivers of England series. Drawings..
• Waterways to Stratford by Charles Hadfield and John Norris, Edition: 1st, 176 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1962, The History of the Avon, canal and tramway routes to Stratford..
• Along the Avon by Josephine Jeremiah, ISBN: 0 7509 0814 9, 128 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, in 1994, An illustrated history of the Warwickshire Avon.. Order now from .
• Shakespeare's Avon: The History of a Navigation by Jamie Davies, ISBN: 085361 490 3, 152 pages, Published by Oakwood Press, in 1996, Order now from .
• The River Avon - A Pictorial History by Josephine Jeremiah, ISBN: 1 86077 116 5, 128 pages, Published by Phillimore & Co., in 1999, An illustrated History of the Warwickshire Avon.. Order now from .
• In the Wake of the 'Flower of Gloster' by John Kemplay, ISBN: 0 9518964 2 3, 74 pages, Published by Ronald Crowhurst, in 2004, A reconstruction of Temple Thurston's voyage of 1911 as described in his book 'The Flower of Gloster'.. Order now from .
• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield, 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley, in 1969,

Related videos

• The River Avon , 0 minutes Produced by VideoActive, tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from
• World's Most Beautiful Waterways , 1 hour 10 minutes Produced by Contender Ltd, A waterway journey from Worcester to Oxford via the River Avon, Hatton and Banbury. Available on tape. Order on video tape from
• Heart of England Route , 0 minutes Produced by VideoActive, tape DVD. Order on video tape from . Order on DVD from
• British Waterways - Waterway Magic / In The Heart Of Shakespeare's Country etc , 0 minutes Produced by Laserlight, tape. Order on video tape from
• Narrow Boating 2 - In The Heart Of Shakespeare Country , 0 minutes Produced by Laserlight, tape. Order on video tape from

Related photographs

• River Avon (Warwick) - Stratford-upon-Avon River Avon

Related External Web Sites

• Bidford Boats Hire boats based on the Warwickshire River Avon between Stratford-upon-Avon and Evesham.
• Stratford & Warwick Waterways Trust The Trust work towards achieving the extension of navigation on the River Avon from Stratford-upon-Avon to beyond Warwick to join the Grand Union canal.
• The Andrew Dyke Pages Inculdes the Evesham Floods Easter 1998, Narrowboat 'One Moore' and The Building of Narrowboat Lord Toulouse

Other Related Pages

• Introducing Route Planning
• My Holidays on Inland Waterways - Cruise XIV

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.