Stratford-upon-Avon



Stratford-upon-Avon is renowned as the birthplace of William Shakespeare. However, it also boasts the unique attractions of Warwick Castle and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and is set amidst rolling rural landscapes bordering the River Avon.

There are five historic houses in or near Stratford-upon-Avon connected with William Shakespeare and his family. Each house has its own character and each offers a different insight to the world in which the famous playwriter and poet was born, lived or died. We visited the three in-town houses, namely, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Nash's House & New Place and Hall's Croft.

The other 2 houses are Mary Arden's house, believed to be the house of Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden before she married John Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway's cottage, the house where William Shakespeare's wife lived before she was married.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre's evening view.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre - The Victorian Gothic Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1926 and six years later, its simple red-brick successor was opened.
Shakespeare's birthplace - the house where William Shakespeare was born and spent his early years. There is an exhibition on his life and work.
Hall's Croft - the house of Shakespeare's daughter Susanna and her husband, Dr John Hall. It is a fine Tudor house, beautifully furnished, with a lovely walled garden. There is a fascisating museum about medicine in Elizabethan times.
Outside the Teddy Bear Museum which has hundreds of teddy bears from all around the world - including some of the oldest, most unusual and most valuable ones, and some which belonged to famous personalities.
Some of the most treasured and valuable bears.



Last updated on 1/07/9 by Victor See