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(river) Any of several rivers in England and Scotland. The Avon in Warwickshire is associated with Shakespeare.
The Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, 154 km/96 mi, rises in the Northampton uplands near Naseby and joins the Severn at Tewkesbury. The Lower, or Bristol, Avon, 121 km/75 mi, rises in the Cotswolds and flows into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth. The East, or Salisbury, Avon, 104 km/65 mi, rises S of the Marlborough Downs and flows into the English Channel at Christchurch.(county) County of SW England, formed 1974 from the city and county of Bristol and parts of NE Somerset and SW Gloucestershire.
area 1,340 sq km/517 sq mi.
towns and cities Bristol (administrative headquarters), Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Avonmouth.
features low-lying basin bordered by Cotswold Hills in NE, Mendip Hills in S; river Avon flows west into Severn estuary.
industries aircraft and other engineering, tobacco, chemicals, printing, dairy products, food processing, financial services.

famous people John Cabot, Thomas Chatterton, W G Grace.