Stratford-upon-Avon in General Reviews

~~Introduction~~ We recently went to Stratford upon Avon on holiday and spent 5 days in the area, it was a really lovely holiday and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone. We aren't big drinkers, pub visiters or clubbers - we're not nght owls so to speak. So if this is what you are after in a holiday I'm not really able to ...  Read the complete review

Surely one of the most popular tourist hot spots of the Midlands is Stratford Upon Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. I myself have visited the area numerous times, the most recent being a few weeks ago when my sister and I decided to make the most of an unseasonably warm early April. The first thing most people will want to see ...  Read the complete review

Overview ------------ Stratford is a great place to visit with lots to see and do. It has a wealth of charm and history. Accommodation ------------------- Lots of B&Bs, hotels and Campsites to suit all budgets. We stayed at the Charlecote Pheasent Hotel just outside Stratford - at £130 for 1 night dinner, bed and ...  Read the complete review

Stratford-Upon-Avon is known for a few things namely Shakespeare, punting and the motor bike festival. Stratford as can be imagined is always full of tourists keen to catch a bit of Shakespeare heritage on camera. Oddly though you dont seem to notice them unless you are outside Shakespeares birth place or similar areas of interest. ...  Read the complete review

Stratford upon Avon ***************** The town of Stratford is a place close to my heart. A place l have visited for as long as l can remember and a place that l have always enjoyed visiting. There is something for everyone in Stratford, whatever your interests you can visit Stratford for a short stay or a longer stay and have an ...  Read the complete review

We have been on day trips to Startford on Avon on about four seperate occasions and it is a really nice place to visit and is also pretty easy to get to as it is not far from the M40 motorway and is about an hours drive from Birmingham or thirty minutes from Coventry. I have seen a train stations as well close to the center of town but I've no ...  Read the complete review

Stratford is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the UK for both domestic and foreign visitors and is also opular with school parties, the downside to this popularity is that it does get very busy especially at the weekends in the summer so it is advisable to try and visit out of season or at least during the week if you go in the ...  Read the complete review

Growing up in one of the main tourist attractions in the UK does have its advantages and also its disadvantages however once our campsite in Alton Towers was discovered within the bowels of Nemesis we had to move out so we lived in Stratford Upon Avon. I resided in Stratford for the first 18 years of my life and also a five year ...  Read the complete review

Watch out for these gotcha's from our last trip: Birds - the birds along the riverside can be very messy, we had to clean the pram three times this trip. Lucky it didn't get on the baby. Parking: can be tricky - choose wrong and the one-way system can make reparking a lengthy process. Watch out for the long term parking area ...  Read the complete review

Thanks to one of my friend’s regular customer we had the great privilege to discover William Shakespeare’s birthplace, steeped in culture and history. Whether you are a poetic lover or just want to enjoy beautiful sceneries or have a nice time away from home don’t hesitate to go and visit this rural countryside located on ...  Read the complete review

Stratford-Upon-Avon is a town which I absolutely hate. Everybody else seems to be bursting with enthusiasm and praise for the place, but why?!! Okay so Shakespeare was born there....and that's about it really. My reasons for my abhorrence are: 1) Stratford is bursting at the seams with pointless, tacky souvenir shops. Okay if ...  Read the complete review

Having Lived, loved, worked and played in Stratford, i hope i can let know a few gems that the town has to offer to the visitor. Where to start, well i guess its hard to ignore the influence of the bard when visiting Stratford but you haven't got a lot of choice.....everywhere has some connection (if they look hard enuf!) with Willy ...  Read the complete review

Now I have to say that I didn't visit Stratford because of any connection it has with Mr William Shakespeare. I must have skived off school the day (OK days) we covered this chap in English. Not that I was going to miss out on his house mind - any old tourist attraction (read 'Worlds largest Hamster breading farm', 'Christmas ...  Read the complete review

Stratford upon Avon is in the Heart of England, south west of Birmingham and easily reached from the M6 motorway. Now what is it that makes Stratford upon Avon so famous? Wasn’t that where that chap lived who wrote all those plays and poems? What was his name, now? I know - Will Shakespeare! Seriously though William ...  Read the complete review

Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town of just over 15,000 residents in central England that attracts thousands upon thousands of visitors a year. So what is there in Stratford? Shakespeare: Yeap it's the home of William Shakespeare, in a recent trip to Australia, I met a Japanese couple who had been to Stratford and it confirmed ...  Read the complete review

I have lived just outside Stratford in a small town called Mickleton, for most of my adult life. Stratford is situated in Warwickshire in the Midlands. It has a massive variety of shops including, HMV, new V-shop (new Virgin Shop), Woolworths, Argos, The Body Shop, Stratford also has a massive assortment of clothes ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion, the reason behind the success of the town, the Bard will eventually lead to the downfall and destruction of the town. Stratford is a very pleasant town in central England and has a nice close-knit community. There is much more to Stratford than Shakespeare, things that the ordinary tourist will not realise, but the tourism side of ...  Read the complete review

Stratford on Avon is a very touristy town, near Warwick. It is home to many attractions, most notably, it is William Shakespeares home town. Stratford has the ability to change people's views on their own home towns. I am originally from Scunthorpe, and I thought that no town could beat it in it's rankings, until I moved to ...  Read the complete review

The thing I like about Stratford is the pleasant blend between old and new. Most of the black and white timber beam buildings there haven’t changed since Shakespeare’s time and yet the shops are all very contemporary (and upmarket). As well as the many tourist attractions (Shakespeare’s house, Anne Hathaway’s cottage, etc), ...  Read the complete review

Everytime that I mention that I was born in Stratford - you often get this - "aren't you lucky" reply and if talking to a tourist - they immediately know something about your home town and wax lyrically about how envious they are of you. I used to be extremely cynical about the Shakespeare business (yes its a business)- but ...  Read the complete review