Stratford-on-Avon District

Stratford-on-Avon District
River Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon
Shown within Warwickshire
Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionWest Midlands
Administrative countyWarwickshire
Admin. HQStratford-upon-Avon
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district
 • MPs:Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Jeremy Wright (C)
Area
 • Total378 sq mi (978 km2)
 • Rank27th
Population
 (2022)
 • Total138,583
 • RankRanked 169th
 • Density370/sq mi (140/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups
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Religion (2021)
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code44UE (ONS)
E07000221 (GSS)

Stratford-on-Avon is a local government district in Warwickshire, England. The district is named after its largest town of Stratford-upon-Avon, but with a change of preposition; the town uses "upon" and the district uses "on". The council is based in Stratford-upon-Avon and the district, which is predominantly rural, also includes the towns of Alcester, Henley-in-Arden, Shipston-on-Stour and Southam, and the large villages of Bidford-on-Avon, Studley and Wellesbourne, plus numerous other smaller villages and hamlets and surrounding rural areas. The district covers the more sparsely populated southern part of Warwickshire, and contains nearly half the county's area. The district includes part of the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The neighbouring districts are Rugby and Warwick in Warwickshire, Solihull in the West Midlands, Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wychavon in Worcestershire, Cotswold in Gloucestershire, West Oxfordshire and Cherwell in Oxfordshire, and West Northamptonshire.

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Stratford-on-Avon Local Authority (E07000221)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.