Enjoy an engaging stroll through the center of Stratford-upon-Avon, where stories of plague, murder, ghosts, beatings, witches, sewage, and grave-robbing come to life.
This circular tour is led by a professional guide who shares intriguing and eerie tales from the history of Stratford-upon-Avon and William Shakespeare.
Enjoy an engaging stroll through the center of Stratford-upon-Avon, where stories of plague, murder, ghosts, beatings, witches, sewage, and grave-robbing come to life.
This circular tour is led by a professional guide who shares intriguing and eerie tales from the history of Stratford-upon-Avon and William Shakespeare.
- 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…
- 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…..
- Circular walk through Stratford-upon-Avon
- Stories of mysterious and grizzly historical events
- Circular walk through Stratford-upon-Avon
- Stories of mysterious and grizzly historical events
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.