Warwick (pronounced /ˈwɒrɪk/ ( listen) (WOR-rik with a silent w in the middle)) is the county town A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county. The concept of a county town eventually became detached from its original meaning of where the county of Warwickshire Warwickshire (pronounced /ˈwɒrɪkʃər/ WORR-ick-shər or /ˈwɒrɪkʃɪər/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton in the far north of the county. The shape of the administrative area Warwickshire differs considerably from that of the, England England ( /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its mainland is located in the southern and central part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; and adjoins the Irish Sea to the north-west, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, the North. The town lies upon the River Avon The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the Midlands of England. It is also known as the Upper Avon, Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon. The river has a total length of 96 miles (154 km). Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word, 18 km (11 miles) south of Coventry Coventry (pronounced /ˈkɒvəntri/ or /ˈkʌvəntri/ ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. With a population of 303,475 at the 2001 Census (306,000 est. 2007), Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, and 4 km (2.5 miles) west of Leamington Spa Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa, commonly Leamington (pronounced /ˈlɛmɪŋtən/ ) or "Leam" to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. Formerly known as Leamington Priors, its expansion began following the popularisation of the medicinal qualities of its water by Dr Kerr in 1784, and by Dr Lambe around 1797 (although the towns are conjoined), with a population of 25,434 (2001 census A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census).[1].
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