Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Stratford Town Walk 

Admington & Quinton
Tel: 0870 1607930 
Quinton, original 'Queens-town' and Admington are two small villages on the northern edge of the Cotswolds.

Alcester, B49
Tel: 0870 1607930 
Explore the ancient market town of Alcester, set amid the gently rolling hills of Shakespeare Country, just eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Cottage Lane, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9HH
Tel: 01789 204016 
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. This world-famous thatched cottage continued to be owned by Anne Hathaway's descendants until the late 19th century .

Swans Nest Boathouse, Swans Nest Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7LS
Tel: 01789 267073 
Half-hour cruises on the River Avon in a fleet of traditional passenger boats. Regular departures from the Bancroft Gardens adjacent to the theatre .

Holiday Inn Stratford, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6YR
Tel: 01789 269669 
Bancroft Cruisers provide frequent 45 mns sightseeing cruises. Personal service, guided commentary. Also available charter bookings with onboard bar facilities upon request. Full range of hot and cold buffets.Disabled access and facilities.

Barford, CV35
Tel: 0870 1607930 
Barford is a medium-sized village located approximately 4 miles from Warwick.

Bidford-on-Avon, B50
Tel: 0870 160 7930 
Bidford-on-Avon is a well known village that has grown in latter years to about double the size it was twenty years ago.

Charlecote, Near Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9ER
Tel: 01789 470277 
Charlecote Park has been the home of the Lucy family since the 15th century. The current house was extensively remodelled in the Victorian times by Mary Elizabeth Lucy and it is presented as it was when she was the mistress of the house.

Avenue Farm Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 0HS
Tel: 01789 412680 
Open-top bus tours of Stratford-upon-Avon departing from the Tourist Information Centre at regular intervals. Hop on and off as often as you wish to visit the five Shakespeare Houses and places of interest.

Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ
Tel: 01926 645 500 
Award-winning art gallery housed in a grade I listed Robert Adam mansion. Explore artworks from around the world and relax in 'Capability' Brown parkland.

21 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW
Tel: 01789 290 969 
Award Winning Museum and Visitor Attraction BY DAY: Stratford's most magical museum and store recreating scenes from the Wizarding World of Dr Thaddeus Bombay. AND BY NIGHT: Terrifying Tales, Ghost Walks and overnight Ghost Hunts

40 Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6EE
Tel: 01789 298070 
One of Stratford's most unusual and beautiful attractions set in an amazing 16th C. building, which houses the museum and gift shop. Activities include history tours, Elizabethan theatre, ghost tours and ghost hunting at the weekend.

Halford Bridge, CV36
Tel: 0870 160 7930 
The important bridge across the River Stour at Halford was the site of a famous skirmish during the English Civil War on 6 March 1645.

Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG
Tel: 01789 204016 
Named after Dr John Hall, who married Shakespeare's daughter Susanna. This impressive 16th century house, with Jacobean additions, includes outstanding furniture and paintings as well as an exhibition about medicine in Shakespeare's time.

High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HB
Tel: 01789 204016 
The most ornate house in Stratford. Harvard House is a fine example of an Elizabethan town house, containing many architectural features.

Dark Lane, Hatton, Nr Warwick, CV35 8XA
Tel: 01926 843411 
Come and join us for Farm Village entertainment or to treat yourself to a little retail therapy at our shopping village, 7 days a week.

Wellesbourne Airfield, Loxley Lane, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9EU
Tel: 01789 470476 
Established in 1985, Heliair is one of the most experienced helicopter operating companies in the UK also being the largest Robinson distributor. We offer trial lessons for that breathtaking experience providing fabulous gifts.

Henley-in-Arden, B95
Tel: 0870 160 7930 
Henley-in-Arden's High Street is one of the best known in England with its great variety of architectural styles and medley of red brick and black and white half-timbered buildings.

Joseph Hardy House, 150 High Street, Henley-in-Arden, B95 5BS
Tel: 01564 795919 
A museum of the history of a market town from the time of the Norman conquest, housed in a building dating from 1345. Exhibits show the changes in social, business and domestic life and commemorate notable local figures.

Hidcote Bartrim, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LR
Tel: 01386 438333 
Hidcote Manor is one of England's great Art and Craft gardens,famous for its rare trees,shrubs,herbaceous borders and unusual plants from all over the world. The garden is divided my tall hedges and walls to create a series of "rooms".

Warwick, CV34 4DL
Tel: 024 7641 3300 
Your guide - John Bateson - offers a tailor-made heritage tour / guide service by Rolls Royce. Visitors who wish to explore the beautiful and historic Heart of England, in style, are invited to join John on a journey into the past.

Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG
Tel: 01789 266316 
Holy Trinity Church is one of England's most beautiful and most visited parish churches. It is the place where William Shakespeare was baptized, worshipped and buried.Many other treasures lay within this holy place worshipped for 800 years

Ilmington, CV8 1NP
Tel: 0870 160 7930 
Ilmington boasts the highest point in Warwickshire with far reaching views in all directions from Ilmington Downs and Lark Stoke - you can see eight counties when the weather is clear!

High Street, Warwick, CV34 4BH
Tel: 01926 491422 
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, converted the picture-book buildings of the dissolved Warwick Guilds into a retreat for old soldiers and it has continued to serve that purpose until the present day.

Station Road, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9UN
Tel: 01789 204016 
Mary Arden's Farm. Wilmcote, 5 miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Great for a family outing, the timbered farmhouse was the home of Shakespeare's mother before she married John Shakespeare.

Chapel Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6EP
Tel: 01789 204016 
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Nash's House was owned by Thomas Nash, first husband of Shakespeare's grand-daughter, Elizabeth -