Stratford-on-Avon

American  

[strat-ferd-on-ey-vuhn, -awn-, -ey-von] / ˈstræt fərd ɒnˈeɪ vən, -ɔn-, -ˈeɪ vɒn /

Also Stratford-upon-Avon

noun

1. a town in SW Warwickshire, in central England, on the Avon River: birthplace and burial place of Shakespeare.

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Stratford-on-Avon British  

/ ˈstrætfəd /

noun

1. a market town in central England, in SW Warwickshire on the River Avon: the birthplace and burial place of William Shakespeare and home of the Royal Shakespeare Company; tourist centre. Pop: 22 187 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Police investigators described "high-pressure" sales meetings in offices in Bournemouth, York, Stratford-on-Avon or Tenerife, which often lasted up to six hours.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Manuela Perteghella became the first Liberal to win Stratford-on-Avon since 1906, and the first female MP to represent the constituency.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

Murph came knocking on my dressing room at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, in Stratford-on-Avon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Trained as a chemical engineer, he co-founded a highly successful market research firm, YouGov, before entering politics as a member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon in central England.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Stratford-on-Avon, scenery near, 145; approach to, 153, 154; queer edifices in, 155.

From Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook by Hawthorne, Nathaniel