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Alveston is a village in Warwickshire, England, within the civil parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, and around 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stratford town centre. It is located to the south of, and within a bend of the River Avon.[1]

Alveston
Village Green, Alveston
Alveston Location within Warwickshire
OS grid reference	SP2356
Civil parish	Stratford-upon-Avon
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stratford-upon-Avon
Postcode district	CV37
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52.20°N 01.66°W / 52.20; -01.66

Hemingford House there is the youth hostel for Stratford-upon-Avon. The village was represented by Alveston F.C. between 1924 and 2017, when they folded. For most of its history, the club played in the Stratford & District League and the Midland Football Combination.

Alveston was the home of the playwright J B Priestley and his wife Jacquetta Hawkes, who lived at Kissing Tree House in the village, in his later years, until his death in 1984.[2] The house was called Avonmore in the 1901 census and his secretary lived in Avonmore Cottage which is still there in Kissing Tree Lane.

References

External links

• Media related to Alveston, Warwickshire at Wikimedia Commons
• Alveston in the Domesday Book

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