River_Stour_(Warwickshire)

River Stour, Warwickshire

River Stour, Warwickshire

River in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England

This article is about River Stour, Warwickshire. For other uses, see River Stour (disambiguation).

The River Stour is an English river that rises in the county of Oxfordshire and largely flows through Warwickshire.[1] It is a tributary of the Avon, which it joins just south west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It gives its name to the town of Shipston-on-Stour.[2]

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The source of the River Stour is a spring near Highways Farm, just south of Swalcliffe. Some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the west, it crosses the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border near Traitor's Ford. The first settlement that the river flows through is the village of Stourton. The River Stour then turns to the north and passes through the town of Shipston-on-Stour. The A3400 road roughly follows the course of the river to Stratford-upon-Avon, through the villages of Tredington Halford, Alderminster, Newbold-on-Stour, Atherstone-on-Stour and Clifford Chambers.

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References

  1. [1]
    "The Rivers Stour; five contrasting rivers". Clean Rivers Trust. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Shipston-on-Stour". A History of the County of Worcester, Volume 3. Victoria County History. London. 1913. pp. 521–524. Retrieved 3 February 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)



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