Ok, so Stratford-upon-Avon is not actually a city, but as a town which punches well above its weight historically and culturally, we’re giving it an honorary place in the City Breaks collection.  This is the introductory episode, with a little geographical and historical context and an idea for a first get-your-bearings walk around Stratford.  It will introduce you to Stratford's Tudor gabled houses, riverside setting, swans and boats and, of course, give a flavour of Stratford as Shakespeare's home town, where he was both born and buried and where he bought the town's second biggest house as a retirement pad.  So, with no more ado and as the great man himself might have said, shall we wend?

Stratford-upon-Avon Quick Trips by Cynthia Atkins

A-Z of Stratford-upon-Avon by Will Atkins

Secret Stratford by Nicholas Fogg

Shakespeare The Biography by Peter Ackroyd

Visit Stratford-upon-Avon 

Guided walks around Stratford 

City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time!

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