# Shipston-on-Stour Guide - Warwickshire Market Town

> Discover Shipston-on-Stour, a South Warwickshire former sheep market town near Stratford-upon-Avon, with coaching inns, places to stay and nearby attractions.

URL: https://cotswolds.info/places/visit-shipston.htm  
Section: Villages & Towns  
Location: Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire (52.061, -1.623)

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In the County of Warwickshire

Northern Cotswolds

7 miles Noth East of Moreton-in-Marsh

Access via the Fosse Way A429 & B4035

The small market town of Shipston-on-Stour is situated in South Warwickshire and ideally located for visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon and is surrounded by places of interest including Chipping Campden, Broadway, and Moreton-in-Marsh. The towns name derives from being known in ancient times as 'Sheep-wash-Town'. Shipston was for a long time an important sheep market town and after the demand for local wool began to diminish the town continued to flourish thanks to the opening in 1836 of a branch line from the horse-powered tramway built a decade before to link Stratford with Moreton-in-Marsh. The line became a modern railway in 1889. The town was also an important coaching town and many of the inns from that era surviving in the area of the High Street.

## PLACES TO STAY
**Willow Corner (B&B) -** Situated in the peaceful and tranquil village of Armscote 2.5 miles away. Willow corner is a fine 300 year old thatched and beamed cottage where you can be assured of a warm welcome and Siver Award accommodation.

## ATTRACTIONS
1\. Touring the North Cotswolds villages and towns.

2\. Stratford-upon-Avon is only 8 miles away.

3\. Warwick Castle 25 minutes drive time.

4\. The beautiful gardens of Hidcote Manor and Kiftsgate are closeby.

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