Avon ( English River Avon ) - a river in the UK , a tributary of the Severn River (flows into it at Tewksbury in Gloucestershire ). Internally, the country also has the names of Verhniy Avon , Warikshire Avon, and Shakespeare Avon . The length of the river is 154 km (the 11th longest river in the UK ). It flows through five English counties - Leicestershire , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Worcestershire and Gloucestershire . The only navigable river in Warwickshire .
| Avon | |
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| English River avon | |
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| Characteristic | |
| Length | 154 km |
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| Mouth | Severn |
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| Location | |
| Water system | Severn → Celtic Sea |
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The great English playwright, William Shakespeare , who was born in Stratford and lived there in the last years of his life, is often called by the light hand of Ben Johnson , the Avon Swan.