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]
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.
See also
References
- ^ "The Rivers Stour; five contrasting rivers". Clean Rivers Trust. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Shipston-on-Stour". A History of the County of Worcester, Volume 3. Victoria County History. London. 1913. pp. 521–524. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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External links
Media related to River Stour, Warwickshire at Wikimedia Commons- "River Stour in South Warwickshire flood alert area". check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk. (Includes map of catchment area)
- "River Stour". Our Warwickshire. (Archive photographs)
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