The River Swilgate is a small river that flows through Gloucestershire, England.

River Swilgate
The Swilgate flows past Tewkesbury Abbey
Location within Gloucestershire
Location
Country	England
Counties	Gloucestershire
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	River Avon
• coordinates	51.9888°N 2.1657°W / 51.9888; -2.1657

Formed by the confluence at Elmstone Hardwicke of the Hyde Brook which flows westwards from Bishop's Cleeve, and Wymans Brook that flows north west through Cheltenham.[1] The Swilgate flows north west and north to Tewkesbury where it joins the River Avon close to its confluence with the Severn.[2]

The Swilgate gained some notoriety when the New Statesman's issue of 4 January 2013 stated: "The Swilgate, the tributary of the Avon that runs round the southern edge of the town, had overflown its banks four days earlier".

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