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Shakespeare's Stratford Ghost Tour: Exploring Plague, Murder, Witches Tales
4.9
180 Ratings
Warwickshire
Perhaps you’ll feel startled, possibly intrigued, or even be frightened, but one thing is certain - you will be captivated as we take you through the core of Stratford-upon-Avon, sharing stories of pandemics, homicides, phantoms and witchcraft.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Garrick - We start at the start - the start of the Bubonic Plague outbreak that is!
- Town Hall Stratford upon Avon - Still on the corner of Sheep Street and High Street, learn about the ghost from the Civil War days.
- Shakespeare’s New Place - We will stand here and marvel at a building that hasn’t been there or hundreds of years and hear the story of how a murder was committed to get ownership of the building.
- Shakespeare’s Schoolroom & Guildhall - You might think you had a hard time at school, but it’s nothing compared to what you have had to endure in the 16th Century, and oh my word, what a view you’d have had out of the window….
- Hall’s Croft - Shakespeare’s eldest daughter married the only doctor in town, but would treatment from John Hall kill or cure you?
- Holy Trinity Church - Enter the churchyard? Or should we just stand outside to hear some of the most gruesome tales of the residents?
- Chain Ferry - As we pass by the River Avon, please remember the Health and Safety briefing and don’t fall in! But if you do, you won’t be the first to have met a watery grave in Stratford….
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre - We walk along the banks of the Avon and you’ll hear stories of the river and learn about the special local significance of September the 21st!
- Lambs - Peer down the ancient court and hear one final tragic tale of witchcraft and murder.
- The Platinum Jubilee Tree - And we’re back at the start point, well done if you made it all the way around!
- Stratford-upon-Avon - Passby Tudor World. They claim to be the most haunted building in England, but there are terrors all around…..
What's Included
- Circular walk through Stratford-upon-Avon
- Stories of mysterious and grizzly historical events
Location
Sinister Stratford
Sheep Street
Meet your guide at the TOP corner of Sheep Street (CV37 6EE) and High Street (CV37 6FD), opposite the Town Hall, the Old Bank and the Garrick Inn, next to a red phone box, a red pillar box and Red Hot Mammas Pizzeria. There are pins on Google Maps for Sinister Stratford and the Platinum Jubilee Tree
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(180 Ratings)
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Emmahk174em
Sep 4, 2024
A great alternative walking tour. - Thoroughly enjoyed this twist on a walking tour. Our guide was fun and knowledgeable and was the right side of dramatic to bring the tour and stories to life. He was also knowledgable about random questions about Stratford and able to answer questions we had.
I’d highly recommend this, you get to see key sites in Stratford but also hear some alternative stories that aren’t all about Shakespeare.
Excellent value and highly recommend
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Kim_k
Aug 29, 2024
Amusing and informative experience - The whole experience was a combination of great stories a great walk and a great character that brought everything together. Hardly realised it was an hour and a half we walking around for! Great stories, really good scenery, thoroughly enjoyable!
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Charlotte_b
Aug 27, 2024
Great walking tour - The Guide has lots of Knowledge and kept the walking tour fun and enjoyable through out with his stories.
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Alan_s
Aug 26, 2024
Great evening - My husband & daughter (18) really enjoyed this novel trip on a recent holiday to Stratford. Just enough theatrics, just macabre enough & just gruesome enough to be lots of fun. Talk of Shakespeare's missing head, & poor wenches off haunting people galore!
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Steven_b
Aug 24, 2024
Interesting.informative.and a very good guide. - Very good tour really interesting and a 5 star performance from the guide.higthly recommend.very good guide showing places that where very interesting with a story to go with it.
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467rodg
Aug 23, 2024
Wonderful guide with great stories - Our guide met us right on time and began to tell us numerous stories about the sinister side of Stratford as we strolled around. His delivery was superb and his stories were a mixture of the macabre and funny. Highly recommend.
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Sarah_m
Aug 22, 2024
Interesting Tour! - Fantastic tour, interesting and relevant. Our guide was in character and full of story telling and plenty of honesty too!
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David_w
Aug 22, 2024
A Theatrical Experience - From start to finish we were enthralled by the theatrical performance of our guide - with a expansive grasp of historical events and gruesome murders - a wonderfully entertaining experience with a twist
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Steve_g
Aug 20, 2024
Great fun, highly recommended - We really enjoyed the tour, great stories with a good balance between ghost stories and facts about Stratford.
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Samir_a
Aug 19, 2024
Fantastically Sinister Experience - An excellent tour that was conducted enthusiastically and professionally. The costume, humour and quirky local knowledge added to the overall enjoyment of the experience. DEFINITELY recommend.
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