Stratford-upon-Avon - Warwickshire, England
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N 52° 11.644 W 001° 42.514
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Stratford-upon-Avon is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare
Waymark Code: WMGX0B
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/18/2013
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Stratford-upon-Avon is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three million visitors a year from all over the world.
The name is a fusion of the Old English straet, meaning "street", and ford, meaning that a Roman road forded the River Avon at the site of the town.
The big tourist attractions within the town include five houses relating to Shakespeare's life, which are owned and cared for by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. These include Hall's Croft (the one-time home of Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna, and her husband Dr. John Hall) and Nash's House, which stands alongside the site of another property, New Place, owned by Shakespeare himself, wherein he died. Near to the town are Anne Hathaway's Cottage at Shottery, the home of Shakespeare's wife's family prior to her marriage, and Mary Arden's House (Palmer's Farm), the family home of his mother. Elsewhere in the district are farms and buildings at Snitterfield, that belonged to the family of Shakespeare's father.
At the top end of Waterside is Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was baptised and is buried.
Source: wikipedia
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
Page Location in Source Book: 35
Type of Waymark: Site
Location of Coordinates: Photographed site
Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 14.00 (listed in local currency)
List Available Hours, Dates, Season:
See: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/static_1133.htm
Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]
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