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Attractions in Warwickshire
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage
The most romantic of all the Shakespearean properties, is Anne Hathaway's Cottage, which lies in the beautiful hamlet of Shottery, just outside Stratford-upon-Avon. |
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Arbury Hall
Arbury Hall has been the seat of the Newdegate family for over 400 years and is the ancestral home of Vicount and Viscountess Daventry. |
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Bosworth Water Trust Leisure and Water Park
Bosworth Water Trust is a 50 acre leisure park with 20 acres of lakes for dinghy, boardsailing and fishing. |
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Collegiate parish Church of St Mary
The most prominent architectural feature in Warwick, and for many miles around, the Collegiate Parish Church of St Mary is a building of great beauty and significance. |
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Hall's Croft
Halls Croft was the home of Dr. John Hall and Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna, whom he married in 1607. |
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Harvard House
Harvard House was the home of Katherine Rogers, mother of John Harvard, whose bequest made possible the foundation of Harvard University. Harvard House is the home of the Museum of British Pewter. |
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Kenilworth Castle
There's a fascinating journey through hundreds of years of history at Kenilworth Castle - once the scene of Royal battles in the Middle Ages. |
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Mary Arden's House And Countryside Museum
The farmhouse at Wilmcote, just three miles outside Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of William Shakespeare's mother, is now a countryside museum; devoted to showing country life from Tudor times to the present day. |
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Nash's House and New Place
At the end of Chapel Street, you will find the beautiful old building from the sixteenth century, known as Nash's House. In the garden, you can see the foundations of New Place - Shakespeare's fine house. |
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Ragley Hall
Ragley is the Family home of the 9th Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford, seat of the Conway-Seymour family. Designed in 1680 by Robert Hooke. |
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Royal Pump Rooms Leamington Spa
The Town's Art Gallery and Museum, Library and Tourist Information Centre are all in the restored Royal Pump Rooms building, alongside the existing Assembly Room and a Café. |
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Royal Shakespeare Company
The RSC currently performs in the temporary 1,000 seat Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Courtyard Theatre will be the Company's main performance space until 2010 whilst the Royal Shakespeare Theatre is closed for transformation. |
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Rugby School Museum
The Museum has now re-opened at its new site in Barby Road. |
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Shakespeare's Birthplace
The "Man of the Millennium" William Shakespeare, was born in 1564 in the half-timbered house in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. |
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Stratford on Avon Racecourse
Steeplechasing has taken place at Stratford Racecourse since 1755. Nowadays, we have eighteen meetings a year, between March and November. |
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Twycross Zoo
Set in 50 acres of parkland, the zoo is home to 1000 or so animals, most of which are endangered species. |
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Bursting to the towers with tales of treachery and torture, passion and power and above all fascinating people, times and events, Warwick Castle is so much more than simply a castle. |
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