DESTINATION STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Stratford-upon-Avon is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three million visitors a year from all over the world. The Royal Shakespeare Company resides in Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre, one of Britain's most important cultural venues.

Quick Links Shakespeare's Birthplace Anne Hathaway's Cottage Hall's Croft Nash's House

DISCOVER STRATFORD-UPON-AVON: Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Hall's Croft, Nash's House, New Place, Shakespeare's Birthplace,

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE Anne Hathaway's Cottage is the former childhood home of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. The house is situated in village of Shottery, about 1 mile west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Although it is often called a cottage, it is, in fact, a spacious twelve-roomed farmhouse, with several bedrooms, now set in extensive gardens ...

HALL'S CROFT Hall's Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, was owned by William Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna Hall, and her husband Dr John Hall whom she married in 1607. The building now contains a collection of 16th and 17th century paintings and furniture. There is also an exhibition about Doctor John Hall and the obscure medical practices of the period ...

NASH'S HOUSE Nash's House, Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, is the house next door to the ruins and gardens of William Shakespeare's final residence, New Place. It has been converted into a museum. The museum traces the history of Stratford-upon-Avon from the earliest settlers in the Avon Valley to Shakespeare's time ...

NEW PLACE New Place is the name of William Shakespeare's final place of residence in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died there in 1616. Though the house no longer exists, the land is owned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The house rested on the corner of Chapel Street and Chapel Lane and was apparently the second-biggest dwelling in the town ...

SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE Shakespeare's Birthplace is a carefully restored 16th century half-timbered house situated in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and spent his childhood years. It is now a small museum open to the public and is a popular visitor attraction. It has been referred to as 'a Mecca for all lovers of literature' ...

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