The River Avon in central England flows generally southwestwards and is a major left-bank and easternmost tributary of the River Severn. It is also known as the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon
The River Avon by the Royal ShakespeareTheatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
The Avon viewed from the garden of the Fleet Inn, Twyning, Gloucestershire
The Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon on a sunny day
One of the two lock gates between the River Avon and the Stratford-on-Avon canal
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is loca
River Avon, Warwickshire
…rendered navigable by the construction of locks and weirs. The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal links to the Avon through a lock in the park in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The River Avon can be used by boats with a maximum length of 70 ft (21 m), beam of 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m), height of 10 ft (3.0 m…
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2011, north frontage and tower
The first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre of 1879, from an 1890s photochrom. This was gutted by a fire in 1926, and rebuilt and incorporated into the new theatre in 1932. The building has been used by the Swan Theatre since 1986.
The theatre as it appeared in 1991, prior to redevelopment
The theatre in 2018 post-redevelopment, viewed from the old tramway bridge across the River Avon