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Anne Hathaway's Cottage - Stratford-upon-Avon
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Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon

Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, steeped in culture and history. Set in the beautiful rural Warwickshire countryside, on the banks of the river Avon, it is one of the most important tourist destinations in the UK. With easy road, rail and airport access, it is the perfect place for a vacation or short break. Facilities for conferences and smaller business venues are excellent.
Come wander through these Stratford pages, get a taste of Olde England - and make your plans now. Using the Stratford district as a base, you can enjoy the delights not only of Shakespeare's hometown, but also the nearby surrounding shire counties of Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Enjoy Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds to the south, Worcester and the Malverns to the west, Warwick Castle and Henley in Arden to the north, and all within an hour's journey of Stratford itself.

 

Here you will find hundreds of pages of information on: accommodation, eating out, drinking and relaxing, romantic breaks, theatres, places to visit - Shakespeare's houses and the beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon with its parks and gardens on the banks of the river Avon. Come visit Stratford-upon-Avon and enjoy our lovely town.

RSC 50th Birthday Celebration Programme for 2011 - new Reopening Schedule

Newly Reopened RSC Theatre.

Stratford is currently looking forward to their wonderful World Festival season and has now produced the schedule for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for visitors to Stratford-upon-Avon throughout 2012.

If you are planning to visit Stratford plan early especially during special occasions.

The RSC theatre has a very busy schedule for 2012 season (see our What's On for programmes throughout 2012) offering the following Shakespeare plays:

Julius Caesar, King John, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night;
plus Matilda and a mixed bag of other entertainments.


See our What's On programme for more details as they become available.

For the current theatre schedule showing at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) which has a full set of programmes throughout 2012. Click for RSC's World Shakespeare Festival Programme Schedule.

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Stratford-upon-Avon has a very rich and varied programme of events and activities see our What's On for 2012 throughout the year: theatres, arts, music in the parks, river racing, river cruising, walks along the river or simply relax and take in the atmosphere that is Shakespeare's Stratford.

  

World Shakespespeare Festival 2012 from the Royal Shakespeare Company World Shakespeare Festival 2012:

The World Shakespeare Festival is a celebration of Shakespeare as the world’s playwright, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international arts organisations and with Globe to Globe, a major international programme produced by Shakespeare’s Globe.
From Shakespeare’s birthday, April 23rd 2012, The RSC has invited some of the world’s leading artists and theatre-makers to create new productions and responses to Shakespeare, which will play until Autumn in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s three theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon, across London in partnership with ten major theatres, LIFT and the British Museum and in Newcastle, Gateshead, Wales, Birmingham, at the Edinburgh International Festival, Brighton Festival and on the BBC.
The RSC is contributing a dozen new productions of its own. Some reflect the rich mix of cultures within British society; some are co-productions with international companies and some explore non-theatre spaces and new journeys for our audiences.

Click here to see more of The World Shakespeare Festival in Stratford and other venues across the UK.

Programme produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company

Mad Museum, Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

New MAD (Mechanical Art and Design) Museum now Open in Stratford-upon-Avon:

The MAD Museum (Mechanical Art & Design) showcases Kinetic Art, Automata and Steampunk. Located on Stratford-upon-Avon’s highly popular Sheep Street, MAD houses an exciting assortment of exhibits which are superbly engaging for all ages. Think Health Robinson mixed with a Scrapheap Challenge and a hotchpotch of futurist mechanisms and then stir it all up with mind blowing creativity and ingenuity. Come and immerse yourself in an eccentric world full of wacky creations, clever design and interactive entertainment!

New Tourist Office for Stratford-upon-Avon:

Stratford-on-Avon District Council in partnership with Stratford-upon-Avon College recently opened a ‘Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon' new tourist office at 62 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon (just down the street from Shakespeare's Birthplace). They will include sales of tickets to local venues and provide an important information facility for visitors and tourists. Telephone: 01789 264 293.

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