Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare, History & Town Highlights Tour
Description
Get your bearings in Stratford-upon-Avon on this 1.5-hour walking tour with a friendly local guide. Perfect for first-time visitors, this tour introduces the town’s Shakespeare connections, historic streets, riverside scenery and everyday local character. Walk through Stratford’s historic centre, hear stories from the town’s past and present, and discover details you may miss exploring alone. Along the way, see highlights including the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare’s Birthplace, the Gower Memorial, Henley Street, the Town Hall, Shakespeare’s New Place and more. Your guide will bring the town to life with stories of Shakespeare, local history, theatres, pubs, canals and hidden corners. Every tour is slightly different, with each guide bringing their own stories, favourite details and personal connection to Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Begin beside the Gower Memorial, close to the River Avon, and get introduced to Stratford-upon-Avon’s, history and most famous resident. Your guide will set the scene for the town’s Shakespeare connections, riverside setting and long-standing theatre heritage.
See the exterior of Shakespeare’s Birthplace and explore one of Stratford’s best-known streets. Learn how the town shaped Shakespeare’s early life and why visitors have travelled here for centuries to follow in his footsteps.
Stop near the Town Hall and discover another side of Stratford beyond Shakespeare. Hear about local life, civic history, historic buildings and the people who helped shape the town over time.
Explore an area rich in Shakespeare family history, historic architecture and local character. Your guide will share the stories and context from outside, so entry to attractions is not required as part of the walking tour
These beautiful almshouses sit next to Shakespeare's old school, and are still being used for their original purpose
Visit Holy Trinity Church, Shakespeare's final resting place. Your guide will share its connection to Shakespeare’s life, death and legacy.
Finish the tour by discovering the importance of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and how Shakespeare’s legacy continues to shape the town today. T
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(139)
Excellent tour. Accessible friendly. Kate, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable and really brought the tour to life. Plenty of anecdotes and amusing stories. Highly recommend.
This was such a good introduction to Stratford upon Avon. Peter was friendly and knowledgeable and gave us a good insight to the town. Peter showed us points of interest and give lots of helpful information to get the most out of our visit. I highly recommend this trip for anyone visiting Stratford Upon Avon for the first time as we saw places we would have missed if we tried to do this without Peters expert knowledge.
Peter is an amazing guide, really engaging and funny, even under pouring rainy weather. He explained both historical and local interesting facts and gave us a lot of recommendations for lunch, pints and more. Highly recommended!! And cheers to Peter.
Knowledgeable guide, interesting route in Stratford showing places not usually visited. Leaned a lot and enjoyed guide’s descriptions.
Very pleasant Lady. Very informative and thoughtful. £12 each good value
This 2as a really enjoyable experience.Our guide was excellent, friendly and experienced. We covered a fair bit of ground and learned a lot. Overall a lovely walk.
Peter is an excellent guide welcoming enthusiastic and very knowledgeable.Definitely worth to introduce yourself to Stratford upon Avon and Shakespeare’s rich history. Dog friendly as well!
Informative tour. Seasoned local. Glad we took your to get oriented to town. However, you then have to circle back to every site buy tickets to enter. And you need to get tickets ahead of time or else you risk no tour space like at RSC theater. We also misjudged how to plan your get to Hathaways cottage. Thus, I’d say to others it’s important to have a game plan before arrival if only there for day. We didn’t quite appreciate how this tour ate into our overall time and then repeating the tour route. For example, we weren’t clear whether we need a tickets to go in to see Shakespeare’s grave at the church and if not, why didn’t we just pop in to see his grave as part of the tour instead of having to walk all the way back to the church again.
Skillful and friendly guide. Very useful with such a round to get an overview and inspiration for further exploration. Hadn't found out of all that the guide had to say on his own ☺️
It was an interesting and informative tour of the streets of Stratford upon Avon. Good value for money.
