Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Ragley Hall

40 Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6EE, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 0872 435 7095, Email, www.falstaffexperience.co.uk/

This multi award winning attraction is set in one of Stratford's most beautiful and historic buildings and depicts Tudor life in a series of authentic and interesting recreations. Fun ghost tours by lantern light every evening.

Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01789 204016, Email, www.shakespeare.org.uk

The five Shakespeare Houses are owned and cared for by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. They are an independent charity who depend entirely on the public for support to maintain and preserve the World's Shakespeare Heritage.

Sheep Street, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6EF, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01789 269 356, Email, www.TheMADMuseum.co.uk

Come and get lost in a bizarre world of futuristic mechanisms, clever mind-blowing designs and 1890s-inspired contraptions made up of the intricate workings of gears, sprockets and pulleys!

Cottage Lane, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9HH, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01789 204016, Email, www.shakespeare.org.uk

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. This world-famous thatched cottage continued to be owned by Anne Hathaway's descendants until the late 19th century .

Station Road, Honeybourne, Nr Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 7QZ, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01386 833 083, Email, www.domesticfowltrust.co.uk

The Domestic Fowl trust is a farm park with a difference concentrating mainly on the many and diverse breeds of poultry kept in grassy paddocks Also poultry museum and rare breed farm animals.

Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01789 204016, Email, www.shakespeare.org.uk

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.

Station Road, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9UN, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01789 204016, Email, www.shakespeare.org.uk

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, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01789 204016, Email, www.shakespeare.org.uk

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Nash's House was owned by Thomas Nash, first husband of Shakespeare's grand-daughter, Elizabeth -

Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01789 204016, Email, www.shakespeare.org.uk

Step into the house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and re-enter the Tudor world. Newly refurbished, the house now offers visitors a fascinating insight into life as it was when Shakespeare was a child.

Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6GW, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 0871 978 0800, Email

Stratford-upon-Avon is a picturesque market town in central England and is the birthplace of William Shakespeare.

9 Bull Street, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6DT, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01789 268 832, thenewbullshead.co.uk

The New Bulls Head is a traditional town bar and bistro, well used by both locals and visitors that venture into The Old Town end of Stratford upon Avon.

Alcester, B49, (1 miles, 2kms), Tel: 0871 978 0800

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