Stratford-on-Avon is a local government district

Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...

 of southern Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

 in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

.

The district is named "Stratford-on-Avon" to distinguish it from its main town of Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...

 where the district council is based, although this name often causes confusion http://www.stratford.gov.uk/community/.

The district is mostly rural and covers most of the southern half of Warwickshire. As well as Stratford, the district also includes the towns of Alcester

Alcester

Alcester is an old market town of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in Warwickshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles south of Redditch, close to the Worcestershire border...

, Southam

Southam

Southam is a small market town in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 6,509 in the town.The nearest sizeable town to Southam is Leamington Spa, located roughly 7 miles to the west...

, and Shipston-on-Stour

Shipston-on-Stour

Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish on the River Stour about south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. It is in the northern part of the Cotswolds, close to the boundaries with Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire....

, and the large villages of Studley

Studley

Studley is a large village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Situated on the western edge of Warwickshire near the border with Worcestershire it is southeast of Redditch and northwest of Stratford. The Roman road of Ryknild Street, now the A435, passes...

 and Wellesbourne

Wellesbourne

Wellesbourne is a large village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of the UK. In the 2001 census the parish, which also includes the village of Walton, had a population of 5,691 Wellesbourne is a large village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire,...

.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough

Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

 of Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...

, Alcester Rural District, Shipston-on-Stour Rural District

Shipston-on-Stour Rural District

Shipston on Stour was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974. The district covered an area around Shipston-on-Stour. Originally it was a detached part of Worcestershire, but in 1931 it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Warwickshire, and was expanded by the abolition of Brailes Rural...

, Southam Rural District

Southam Rural District

Southam Rural District was a rural district in the county of Warwickshire, England. It was created in 1894 and consisted of 26 parishes, a further six parishes were added in 1932, when the Farnborough Rural District was disbanded...

 and a majority of Stratford-upon-Avon Rural District.

Education

In the state sector, children start school in the school year (1 September to 31 August) in which they turn five. They stay at primary school for seven years until they are eleven. As part of Warwickshire, Stratford-on-Avon still maintains the grammar school

Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...

 system. In the final year of primary school, children are given the opportunity of sitting the eleven plus exam in order to compete for a place at one of the grammar schools.

The grammar schools in the district are King Edward VI

King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon

King Edward VI School is a voluntary aided boys grammar school in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England...

, Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls is a fully selective girls' grammar school in England situated close to Stratford-upon-Avon.-Admissions:...

 and Alcester Grammar.

The area gets the best GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...

 results overall in Warwickshire.

Politics

Elections to the district council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 53 seats on the council being elected at each election. The Conservative party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 has controlled the council for most of the time since the first election in 1973, and recently has had a majority since the 2003 election

Stratford-on-Avon Council election, 2003

The 2003 Stratford-on-Avon Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England...

. As a result of the last election in 2010

Stratford-on-Avon Council election, 2010

The 2010 Stratford-on-Avon Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England...

 the Conservatives had 30 councillor

Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

s, compared to 20 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

.

Parishes and settlements

Other than Stratford-upon-Avon the district includes:

• Admington
  Admington
  Admington is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of the English county of Warwickshire. It is known as Edelmintone in the Domesday Book. The name Admington means 'estate associated with a man called Æthelhelm'. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 100...
  
  , Alcester
  Alcester
  Alcester is an old market town of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in Warwickshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles south of Redditch, close to the Worcestershire border...
  
  , Alderminster
  Alderminster
  Alderminster is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the River Stour and the A3400, between Stratford-upon-Avon and Shipston-on-Stour. Nearby places are Wimpstone, Atherstone-on-Stour and Newbold-on-Stour...
  
  , Ardens Grafton
  Ardens Grafton
  Ardens Grafton is a hamlet or small village in the Stratford on Avon district of Warwickshire, England, situated about 4 miles east of Alcester and 14 miles west of the county town of Warwick...
  
  , Arlescote
  Arlescote
  Arlescote is a village in Warwickshire, England.Arlescote forms part of the district of Stratford-on-Avon and the civil parish of Warmington and Arlescote....
  
  , Arrow
  Arrow, Warwickshire
  Arrow is a village in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Together with the entirely rural parish of Weethley, it forms the combined civil parish of Arrow with Weethley...
  
  , Aston Cantlow
  Aston Cantlow
  Aston Cantlow is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, on the River Alne. It lies north-west of Stratford, and north-east of Wilmcote. The parish stretching across the valley of the Alne includes the villages of Aston Cantlow, Little Alne, Shelfield, and...
  
  , Atherstone-on-Stour, Avon Dassett
  Avon Dassett
  Avon Dassett is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, nestling among the Burton Dassett Hills about four miles east of Kineton and seven miles north of Banbury in Oxfordshire...
  
  ,
• Barcheston and Willington, Barton-on-the-Heath
  Barton-on-the-Heath
  Barton-on-the-Heath is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 85. The village is in the extreme south of Warwickshire, close to the borders with Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire...
  
  , Bearley
  Bearley
  Bearley is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. The village is about five miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon, bounded on the north by Wootton Wawen, on the east by Snitterfield, and on the south and west by Aston Cantlow...
  
  , Beaudesert
  Beaudesert, Warwickshire
  Beaudesert is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, half a mile east across the River Alne to the north and west of Henley-in-Arden, to which it is closely associated and shares a joint parish council with...
  
  , Bidford-on-Avon
  Bidford-on-Avon
  Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In the 2001 census it had a population of 4,830.-Location:...
  
  , Billesley
  Billesley, Warwickshire
  Billesley is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, just off the A46 road, between Stratford and Alcester...
  
  , Binton
  Binton
  Binton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. It is about five miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 272.-History:...
  
  , Bishops Itchington, Brailes
  Brailes
  Brailes is a civil parish about east of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England. It comprises the two villages of Lower and Upper Brailes but is often referred to as one village as the two adjoin each other...
  
  , Broom
  Broom, Warwickshire
  Broom is a village located in the parish of Bidford-On-Avon and features two pubs, Broom Hall and Broom Tavern, with Broom Hall being larger in size. The village lies relatively close to it's sister village, Wixford and Broom features a population of 97. Broom was created in the 1800's as a farm...
  
  , Burmington
  Burmington
  Burmington is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, located south of Shipston-on-Stour....
  
  , Burton Dassett
  Burton Dassett
  Burton Dassett is a parish and shrunken medieval village in Warwickshire. Much of the area is now the Burton Dassett Hills country park. It was enclosed for sheep farming by Sir Edward Belknap at the end of the 15th century....
  
  , Butlers Marston
  Butlers Marston
  Butlers Marston is a village and civil parish on the River Dene in south-eastern Warwickshire, England. The village is part of Stratford-on-Avon district, and in the 2001 census it had a population of 226....
  
  
• Chadshunt
  Chadshunt
  Chadshunt is a village and civil parish in the Stratford on Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Chadshunt is located in between the villages of Gaydon and Kineton. Chadshunt has a church called All Saints Church, Chadshunt....
  
  , Chapel Ascote, Charlecote, Cherington and Stourton
  Cherington
  Cherington is a village and civil parish beside the River Stour about southeast of Shipston-on-Stour. Cherington is contiguous with the village of Stourton.-History:...
  
  , Chesterton and Kingston, Claverdon
  Claverdon
  Claverdon is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, about west of the county town of Warwick.Claverdon's toponym comes from the Old English for "clover hill"...
  
  , Clifford Chambers and Milcote, Combrook
  Combrook
  Combrook is a small village of about 65 houses in rural Warwickshire, located near the junction of the Fosse Way , and the B4086 road between the villages of Wellesbourne and Kineton....
  
  , Compton Verney
  Compton Verney
  Compton Verney is a manor and parish in the county of Warwickshire, England.Compton Verney House is an 18th century country mansion which has been converted into an art gallery....
  
  , Compton Wynyates
  Compton Wynyates
  Compton Wynyates is a country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house, an example of Tudor architecture, is constructed of red brick and built around a central courtyard. It is castellated and turreted in parts. Following action in the Civil War, half...
  
  , Coughton
  Coughton, Alcester
  -Notable buildings:The village is dominated by the stately home of Coughton Court, which lies to the east of the A435.The parish church dedicated to St. Peter and situated next to Coughton Court consists of a chancel, north and south chapels, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, and west...
  
  
• Dorsington
  Dorsington
  Dorsington is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Dorsington was in Gloucestershire until it was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931. It is located 2¾ miles West of Milcote railway station. It has a church called Church of St Peter. Dorsington...
  
  
• Ettington
  Ettington
  Ettington is a village in Warwickshire, England. It is located eight kilometres south-east of Stratford upon Avon and is less than a mile west of the Fosse Way...
  
  , Exhall
  Exhall
  Exhall is a suburban settlement in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England.- Geography :Exhall is an area south of Bedworth located 4.3 miles north-north-east of Coventry and 3.8 miles south of Nuneaton...
  
  
• Farnborough
  Farnborough, Warwickshire
  Farnborough is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The village has a church, St. Botolphs, village hall and public house, The Inn at Farnborough.-References:*Warwickshire Towns & Villages, by Geoff Allen ISBN 1-85058-642-X...
  
  , Fenny Compton
  Fenny Compton
  Fenny Compton is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, about eight miles north of Banbury. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 797. Its church of St. Peter and St. Clare was built in the 14th century...
  
  , Fulbrook
  Fulbrook, Warwickshire
  Fulbrook is a small parish and deserted village in Warwickshire, England, situated about four miles north east of Stratford upon Avon.Fulbrook today consists mostly of sheep-grazed fields on the banks of the River Avon. Ridge and furrow marks on the bank just down from the road are almost all that...
  
  
• Gaydon
  Gaydon
  Gaydon is a parish and village in Warwickshire, England, close to Leamington Spa. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 376.The village is at the junction of the B4100 and B4451 roads, a mile from Junction 12 of the M40 motorway, and is two miles north-east of Kineton.-Motor...
  
  , Great Alne
  Great Alne
  Great Alne is a small village, known as Round Alne in the Middle Ages. It is situated seven miles north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon, three miles north-east of Alcester, and 15 miles from Warwick in the County of Warwickshire, England, on the road to Wootton Wawen via Little Alne. The name Great...
  
  , Great Wolford
• Halford
  Halford, Warwickshire
  Halford is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. It is located south-east of Stratford-on-Avon.By the River Stour are the earthworks and buried remains of Halford Castle, a motte castle believed to be the predecessor of the present manor house....
  
  , Hampton Lucy
  Hampton Lucy
  Hampton Lucy is a village and civil parish on the River Avon, northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.-Prominent residents:*Charles Maries , the Victorian botanist was born and educated at Hampton Lucy....
  
  , Harbury
  Harbury
  Harbury is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,485....
  
  , Haselor, Henley-in-Arden
  Henley-in-Arden
  Henley-in-Arden is a small town in Warwickshire, England. The name is a reference to the former Forest of Arden. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 2,011....
  
  , Hodnell and Wills Pastures, Honington
  Honington, Warwickshire
  Honington, Warwickshire is an English hamlet and parish in the Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, roughly two miles north of Shipston-on-Stour.The Village consists of approximately 60 houses that are contained within the Parish boundary....
  
  
• Idlicote, Ilmington
  Ilmington
  Ilmington is a village and civil parish about north-west of Shipston-on-Stour and south of Stratford-on-Avon in the Cotswolds in Warwickshire, England. Ilmington is the highest village in Warwickshire and is at the foot of the Ilmington Downs, which is the highest point in Warwickshire...
  
  
• Kineton
  Kineton
  Kineton is a village and civil parish on the River Dene in south-eastern Warwickshire, England. The village is part of Stratford-on-Avon district, and in the 2001 census it had a population of 2,278....
  
  , Kinwarton
  Kinwarton
  Kinwarton is a village in the valley of the River Alne, Warwickshire, finding itself today being steadily encroached upon by the spread of nearby Alcester. The ground is mostly low-lying, with a maximum altitude of 206 ft. and some of the fields near the river are liable to floods. The road...
  
  
• Ladbroke
  Ladbroke, Warwickshire
  Ladbroke is a village and civil parish about south of Southam in Warwickshire.-Manor:The earliest known record of Ladbroke is from AD 998, when King Æthelred II granted lands at Southam, Ladbroke and Radbourne to Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce....
  
  , Langley, Lighthorne
  Lighthorne
  Lighthorne is a village in Warwickshire, England. It is about south of Leamington Spa.Lighthorne is a small village in a valley and is near Moreton Morrell, Kineton and Wellesbourne....
  
  , Lighthorne Heath
  Lighthorne Heath
  Lighthorne Heath is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is located some six miles to the south east of Leamington Spa and is very close to the M40 motorway. The village began life in the 1950s, situated to the north of RAF Gaydon it housed the married airmen and officers...
  
  , Little Compton, Little Wolford, Long Compton
  Long Compton
  Long Compton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England near the extreme southern tip of Warwickshire, and close to the border with Oxfordshire. It is part of the district of Stratford-on-Avon and in the 2001 census had a population of 705....
  
  , Long Itchington
  Long Itchington
  Long Itchington is a large village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,161. The village is named after the River Itchen which flows to the south and west of the village....
  
  , Long Marston
  Long Marston, Warwickshire
  Long Marston is a village about southwest of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The southern and western boundaries of the parish also form part of the county boundary with Worcestershire.-History:...
  
  , Lower Shuckburgh
  Lower Shuckburgh
  Lower Shuckburgh is a small village in eastern Warwickshire. It lies within the civil parish of Upper and Lower Shuckburgh, which in the 2001 census had a population of 82....
  
  , Loxley
  Loxley, Warwickshire
  Loxley, Warwickshire is a village near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. It has been supposed that Robin Hood was born and raised here. Some believe that a certain Robert Fitz Oto is the true Robin Hood, as he owned Loxley manor and his tombstone lies by Loxley parish church. Similar claims are...
  
  , Luddington
  Luddington, Warwickshire
  Luddington is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire in the United Kingdom. It is located about five kilometres outside the town of Stratford-upon-Avon on the banks of the river Avon and has views south over the Cotswolds...
  
  
• Milcote, Moreton Morrell
  Moreton Morrell
  Moreton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is part of the historic hundred of Kington and is located about three and a half miles north west of the village of Kineton. The settlement was first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Moreton. From at least...
  
  , Morton Bagot
  Morton Bagot
  Morton Bagot is a small village in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It lies about east of the Birmingham-Alcester road, the modern A435 and Roman Ryknild Street, north of Alcester, from Stratford upon Avon and 12 miles from Warwick, across the valley of a small brook,...
  
  
• Napton-on-the-Hill
  Napton-on-the-Hill
  Napton-on-the-Hill, , is a village and civil parish east of Southam in Warwickshire, England.-Manor:...
  
  , Newbold Pacey, Northend
  Northend, Warwickshire
  Northend is a village in south-east Warwickshire, England, located roughly half-way between the town of Banbury and the conurbation of Leamington Spa and Warwick. Situated at the foot of the Burton Dassett Hills, which contains Burton Dassett Country Park, it is less than a mile east of the M40...
  
  
• Old Stratford and Drayton, Oldberrow
  Oldberrow
  Oldberrow is a village in the Stratford on Avon District of Warwickshire, England. The parish was part of Worcestershire until 1896, when it was transferred to Warwickshire, into which county it penetrated, between Morton Bagot and Ullenhall, as a narrow strip some long by about ½ mile wide. The...
  
  , Oversley Green, Oxhill
  Oxhill, Warwickshire
  Oxhill is a village in South Warwickshire, England, off the A422 road between Stratford-upon-Avon and Banbury. It lies in the administrative district of Stratford-on-Avon in the area known as the Vale of the Red Horse. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Octeselve" and has a 12th...
  
  
• Pillerton Hersey
  Pillerton Hersey
  Pillerton Hersey is a village and civil parish about north of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England.The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary, serves both Pillerton Hersey and nearby Pillerton Priors whose own church burned down in the 17th century.Apart from a BT phone box there are...
  
  , Pillerton Priors, Preston Bagot, Preston-on-Stour
  Preston-on-Stour
  Preston-on-Stour is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England found some four kilometres south of Stratford-on-Avon. As the village name suggests the River Stour flows along its eastern fringe and the A3400 runs about 1 kilometre east. The village was historically part of Gloucestershire...
  
  , Priors Hardwick
  Priors Hardwick
  Priors Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. The name derives from the fact that it was originally a manor belonging to the Priors of Coventry.- History :...
  
  , Priors Marston
  Priors Marston
  Priors Marston is a village in Warwickshire, England, southwest of Daventry. The Oxford Canal and Jurassic Way both run nearby. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the population of the parish is 506, most of whom live in the village....
  
  
• Quinton
  Quinton, Warwickshire
  Quinton is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about six miles south of Stratford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1503. The parish contains Upper Quinton and Lower Quinton...
  
  
• Radbourne, Radway
  Radway
  Radway is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire about north-west of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire.The village is at the foot of Edge Hill and is notable for the Battle of Edgehill, one of the early major engagements of the English Civil War, which was fought in fields around the village...
  
  , Ratley and Upton
• Salford Priors
  Salford Priors
  Salford Priors is a rural, agricultural village and civil parish about six miles south-west of Alcester, Warwickshire, England. It is on the Warwickshire border with Worcestershire....
  
  , Sambourne
  Sambourne
  Sambourne, formerly spelled Sambourn, is a hamlet and civil parish north-west of Coughton, from Stratford upon Avon and from Warwick in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is situated on sloping ground rising westwards to about 500 feet near the ancient Ridge Way, which forms the county...
  
  , Seckington
  Seckington
  Seckington is a village and civil parish located near the B5493 road in the North Warwickshire district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Seckington has a church called All Saints Church, Seckington and a castle called Seckington Castle. Seckington was recorded in the Domesday Book as...
  
  , Shipston-on-Stour
  Shipston-on-Stour
  Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish on the River Stour about south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. It is in the northern part of the Cotswolds, close to the boundaries with Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire....
  
  , Shotteswell
  Shotteswell
  Shotteswell is a small village in south Warwickshire surrounded on three sides by Oxfordshire. It is located 4.5 miles north-west of Banbury and is part of Stratford-on-Avon district.-Overview:...
  
  , Snitterfield
  Snitterfield
  Snitterfield is a village and civil parish in the Stratford on Avon district of Warwickshire, England, less than a mile to the north of the A46 road, 4 ½ miles from Stratford upon Avon, 6 ½ miles from Warwick and from Coventry.-History:...
  
  , Southam
  Southam
  Southam is a small market town in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 6,509 in the town.The nearest sizeable town to Southam is Leamington Spa, located roughly 7 miles to the west...
  
  , Spernall
  Spernall
  Spernall is a remote village north of Alcester in the Parish of Oldberrow, Morton Bagot, and Spernall, in the Stratford on Avon District of Warwickshire, England. In 2001 it had a population of 153. It is situated on the banks of the small River Arrow, the name meaning Spera's border . Early forms...
  
  , Stockton
  Stockton, Warwickshire
  Stockton is a village and civil parish, in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 1,391. The village is located just to the east of the A426 road two miles north-east of Southam, and eight miles south-west of Rugby.Stockton's name was...
  
  , Stoneton, Stourton and Cherington, Stratford-upon-Avon
  Stratford-upon-Avon
  Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
  
  , Stretton-on-Fosse
  Stretton-on-Fosse
  Stretton-on-Fosse is a small village and civil parish with fewer than 200 houses, most built of Cotswold stone or locally-made red brick, situated on the Warwickshire-Gloucestershire border on the fringe of the Cotswold Hills.-History:...
  
  , Studley
  Studley
  Studley is a large village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Situated on the western edge of Warwickshire near the border with Worcestershire it is southeast of Redditch and northwest of Stratford. The Roman road of Ryknild Street, now the A435, passes...
  
  , Sutton-under-Brailes
• Tanworth-in-Arden
  Tanworth-in-Arden
  Tanworth-in-Arden is a small village located in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is located south-east of Birmingham in the Tanworth-in-Arden parish and is administered by Stratford-on-Avon District Council...
  
  , Temple Grafton
  Temple Grafton
  Temple Grafton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated about east of Alcester and West of the county town of Warwick. The place name is misleading, the Knights Templar never having any association with the place but owing to a naming error made...
  
  , Tidmington, Tredington
  Tredington, Warwickshire
  Tredington is a small village near Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire.The village has a primary School, a church, and a pub, and it used to have a village shop although this is now closed....
  
  , Tysoe
  Tysoe
  Tysoe is a civil parish located in Warwickshire, England, north-west of Banbury. The three main settlements in the parish, Upper, Middle and Lower Tysoe are on a hill, hence the respective village names. Upper and Middle Tysoe have now merged, whereas Lower Tysoe is still separate, a little...
  
  
• Ufton
  Ufton
  Ufton is a small village in the Stratford District of Warwickshire, England. It is south east of Leamington Spa and west of Southam on the A425 road. It sits on top of a glacial escarpment 121 metres above sea level which was formed during the last ice age...
  
  , Ullenhall
  Ullenhall
  Ullenhall is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated about West of Henley in Arden and West of the county town of Warwick...
  
  , Upper Shuckburgh, Warmington
  Warmington, Warwickshire
  Warmington is a village in the English county of Warwickshire.Warmington is in the Stratford District Council area. Local matters are in the hands of Warmington and Arlescote parish council. The 2001 census records the parish as having a population of 297...
  
  , Watergall, Weethley
  Weethley
  Weethley is a village on the B4088 road, in the civil parish of Arrow with Weethley, in the Stratford on Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Weethley has a church called St James's Church, Weethley.- External links :...
  
  , Welford-on-Avon, Wellesbourne
  Wellesbourne
  Wellesbourne is a large village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of the UK. In the 2001 census the parish, which also includes the village of Walton, had a population of 5,691 Wellesbourne is a large village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire,...
  
  , Weston-on-Avon
  Weston-on-Avon
  Weston-on-Avon is a village which was recorded in the Domesday Book. Originally in Gloucestershire, it was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931...
  
  , Whatcote
  Whatcote
  Whatcote is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about northeast of Shipston on Stour.-Manor:The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Hugh de Grandmesnil, one of William the Conqueror's military commanders, owned the manor of Whatcote. In the latter half of the 14th century Thomas...
  
  , Whichford
  Whichford
  Whichford is a small village and civil parish in the south of the English county of Warwickshire.-Population/Location:According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 318. It is located about 15 miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon and is on the edge of the Cotswolds.-Attractions:For a...
  
  , Whitchurch
  Whitchurch, Warwickshire
  Whitchurch is a small hamlet south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. it used to be a detached part of Worcestershire until 1931.It consists of 5 properties. There are 19 people living in Whitchurch....
  
  , Wilmcote
  Wilmcote
  Wilmcote is a village and since 2004 a separate civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire, about north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Prior to 2004, it was part of the same parish as Aston Cantlow and the 2001 population for the whole being 1,674....
  
  , Wixford
  Wixford
  Wixford is a hamlet and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated south of Alcester. The name derives from a compound of the Old English personal name Whitlac with the noun for a river crossing "ford"...
  
  , Wolverton
  Wolverton, Warwickshire
  Wolverton is a village in Warwickshire, England. It is in Stratford-on-Avon District. It was known as Wolverdington until the middle of the 19th century. There is a parish church dedicated to St Mary, the oldest part of which dates from the 13th century. It is accessible only by a path as it is set...
  
  , Wootton Wawen
  Wootton Wawen
  Wootton Wawen is a small village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is located on the A3400, from Birmingham, miles south of Henley-in-Arden and miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon. The soil is a strong clay and some arable crops are grown,...
  
  , Wormleighton
  Wormleighton
  Wormleighton is a village in the county of Warwickshire, England.Although founded in the 15th century, it was abandoned after the English Civil War when the Spencer family home Wormleighton Manor was burned down in 1645. The village, however, refounded in the 19th century...
  
  

External links

• Stratford-on-Avon District Council YouTube channel