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==Geography==
 
==Geography==
 
[[File:Stratford On Avon historic map 1902.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A 1902 map of Stratford-upon-Avon, prominently paying homage to the town's most famous son, [[William Shakespeare]] (1564-1616).]]
 
[[File:Stratford On Avon historic map 1902.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A 1902 map of Stratford-upon-Avon, prominently paying homage to the town's most famous son, [[William Shakespeare]] (1564-1616).]]
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Stratford-upon-Avon makes up part of the Barlichway hundred in south-western [[Warwickshire]]
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Stratford-upon-Avon is in the far south of the [[Midlands|English Midlands]] and makes up part of the Barlichway hundred in south-western [[Warwickshire]]. It is close to the northern part of the [[Cotswolds]], an upland rural areas of south-western England famous for its stone-built villages and market towns, of which a nearby example is [[Chipping Campden]], 10 miles to the south-west.
    
Stratford-upon-Avon is close to the border of the traditional counties Warwickshire and [[Gloucestershire]]; the traditional Gloucestershire village of Clifford Chambers lies around 1.7 miles south-west of the town.
 
Stratford-upon-Avon is close to the border of the traditional counties Warwickshire and [[Gloucestershire]]; the traditional Gloucestershire village of Clifford Chambers lies around 1.7 miles south-west of the town.
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