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The town of Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon is located north of the Cotswold limestone belt and beside the River Avon. The town does not pretend to be a Cotswold town but it is an important gateway to the Cotswolds.

Stratford means 'street across the ford' and was a river crossing in Roman times. Two Anglo-Saxon settlements later joined to to be come a market town in 1196.

At the time Shakespeare was a child his father the Mayor welcomed groups of actors to entertain the townspeople. This may have started Shakespeare's interest in the theatre, which led him to London to work, but he returned to Stratford near the end of his life.

The five houses connected with Shakespeare in and around Stratford-upon-Avon offer the visitor an authentic experience of the Stratford world in which the famous dramatist was born, lived, and died. The houses are now owned and looked after by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Shakespear's Mother's House
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ATTRACTIONS IN STRATFORD
View along the River Avon

Mary Arden's tudor house where the Bard's mother was brought up.

Ann Hathaway's cottage where she lived until Shakespeare married her in 1582.

Shakespear's childhood house where he was born in 1564.

Hall's Croft is one of the finest half-timbered gabled houses in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was named after Dr John Hall who married Shakespear's daughter Susanna in 1607.

Nash's House was owned by Thomas Nash first husband of Shakespeare's grand-daughter Elizabeth. Shakespeare spent his last years in New Place next door to Nash's house.

Theatres - Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Swan Theatre.

Boat trips on the River Avon, shopping in the thriving retail centre, dining in the wide variety of pubs and restaurants.

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The Town of Stratford-upon-Avon

Towns and Villages to Visit in the Cotswolds

Cotswolds Tourist Information - Towns and Villages in the English Counties of Oxfordshire Gloucestershire Warwickshire Wiltshire Worcestershire and Somerset making up the Cotswolds region:-   Places to Visit Home

Ablington, Amberley, Armscote, Banbury, Bath, Batsford, Bladon, Bibury, Bisley, Blockley, Bledington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Broadway, Broadwell, Broad Campden, Buckland, Burford, Castle Combe, Charlbury, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Chipping Sodbury, Cirencester, Duntisbourne Leer, Eastleach Martin, Evesham, Fairford, Gloucester, Great Tew, Greenfield Village, Guiting Power, Hidcote Bartrim, Laverton, Lechlade, Little Barrington, Little Faringdon, Longborough, Long Compton, Lower Slaughter, Mickleton, Minster Lovell, Moreton in Marsh, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Naunton, North Cerney, Northleach, Oxford, Painswick, Shipston on Stour, Snowshill, Shipton under Wychwood, Stanton, Stow on the Wold, Stratford upon Avon, Stroud, Tetbury, Tewkesbury, Upper Quinton, Upper Slaughter, Upper Swell, Willersey,Winchcombe, Windrush, Woodstock, Worcester, Wotton under Edge, Wyck Rissington

Places to Stay in the Cotswolds

Places to Stay Hotels Bed and Breakfast (B&B's) Guest Houses Inns Pubs Self-Catering Cottages in the Cotswolds:-     Places to Stay Home

Armscote, Banbury, Barringtons, Bath, Bibury, Bledington, Blockley, Bourton on the Water, Broadway, Burford, Cheltenham, Chipping Campden, Chipping Norton, Cirencester, Darlingscott, Evesham, Fairford, Gloucester, Guiting Power, Mickleton, Moreton in Marsh, Minchinhampton, Oxford, Nailsworth, Northleach, Painswick, Shipston on Stour, Snowshill, Stow on the Wold, Stratford upon Avon, Stroud, Tetbury, Tewkesbury, Willersey, Winchcombe, Witney, Woodstock, Worcester, Wotton under Edge.