Avon
/ˈeɪv(ə)n
/1A river of central England which rises near the Leicestershire-Northamptonshire border and flows 154 km (96 miles) south-west through Stratford to the River Severn.
2A river of SW England which rises near the Gloucestershire-Wiltshire border and flows 121 km (75 miles) through Bath and Bristol to the River Severn.
3A former county of SW England, formed in 1974 from parts of north Somerset and Gloucestershire and replaced in 1996 by unitary councils of North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and NE Somerset.
