Attractions in Stratford & Warwickshire

Abbey Fields

Park of 68 acres in the centre of town, once farmland of St Mary's Abbey, with the abbey ruins and its sandstone gatehouse.

• Kenilworth, Stratford & Warwickshire

All Saints' Church

Grade II* listed parish church built in phases between 1843 and 1869, largely to designs by its vicar, John Craig.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Bancroft Gardens

Council-run gardens on the bank of the Avon in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Clopton Bridge

Grade I listed late-medieval stone bridge of 14 pointed arches, at the old ford that gave Stratford its name; still carries traffic.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Collegiate Church of St Mary

Grade I listed parish church just east of the market place, a member of the Major Churches Network.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Fusilier Museum

Museum of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and its successors in Pageant House, with weapons, uniforms, medals and soldiers' diaries.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Guild Chapel

Chapel of 13th-century origins founded by the Guild of the Holy Cross, opposite New Place; Hugh Clopton paid for its enlargement.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Guy's Cliffe Walled Garden

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Hall's Croft

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Harvard House

Timber-framed house built in 1596 by Thomas Rogers, grandfather of John Harvard, benefactor of Harvard University. Seen from the street.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Hill Close Gardens

Restored Victorian hedged gardens with Grade II listed summer houses, cared for by a charitable trust.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Holy Trinity Church

Grade I listed riverside parish church where Shakespeare was baptised and buried, often called Shakespeare's Church.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Jephson Gardens

Formal gardens and lawns between the Parade and the River Leam, with floral displays, cafés and the Jephson Memorial.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden

Largely ruined English Heritage castle, founded after 1066 and turned into a Tudor palace, with a recreated Elizabethan garden.

• Kenilworth, Stratford & Warwickshire

Kenilworth Common

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve on a historic common, with woodland walks north-east of the centre.

• Kenilworth, Stratford & Warwickshire

MAD Museum

The Mechanical Art & Design Museum on Henley Street, showing kinetic art and automata; tickets do not need to be booked ahead.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Market Hall Museum

Part of the Warwickshire Museum in the old market hall, with archaeology, geology and natural history from the county.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Mill Gardens

Grassy riverside park on the south bank of the Leam, opposite Jephson Gardens.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Newbold Comyn

Large open park on the eastern edge of the town.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Priory Park

Town-centre park on the grounds of a priory founded in 1124 and closed under Henry VIII.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Queen's Royal Hussars Museum

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Royal Pump Room Gardens

Open lawn of about 5.4 acres beside the Pump Rooms, crossed by footpaths, with an ironwork bandstand in the middle.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Royal Pump Rooms

Former spa baths on the Parade, now home to the free Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, the library and visitor information.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Shakespeare's Birthplace

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Shakespeare's New Place

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

St Nicholas Church

Parish church with a spire at the eastern end of Warwick town centre.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

St Nicholas' Park

Riverside park east of the centre, known locally as St Nick's, bordered by the Avon to the south.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Stratford Butterfly Farm

Heated tropical glasshouses south of the river with free-flying butterflies, plus insects and spiders in glass displays.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

The Dell

Small park in a sunken hollow in Milverton, used mostly by local people.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

The Lord Leycester

Medieval courtyard buildings beside the West Gate, still a charity for ex-servicemen; the Brethren lead regular guided tours.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Tudor World

Museum of Tudor life in the Shrieve's House on Sheep Street, suitable for all ages, which also runs evening ghost tours.

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire

Victoria Park

Public park of 18.5 acres on the south bank of the Leam, about half a mile west of the centre.

• Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire

Warwick Castle

Castle above the Avon begun by William the Conqueror in 1068 and rebuilt in stone; now a ticketed attraction with towers and shows.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire

Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum

Small museum in the Court House on Jury Street on the county's yeomanry and its part in conflicts over 230 years.

• Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire