Shakespeare's Stratford Ghost Tour: Exploring Plague, Murder, Witches Tales

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.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
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…
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
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Sally
Dec 9, 2024
Very interesting tour with an entertaining and knowledgeable gentleman - Excellent walking tour. The host was very knowledgeable and answered any questions we had. We'll worth the money & we came away with more knowledge about the buildings and characters than we had when we started. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.
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Sbscreative
Dec 8, 2024
Excellent walkabout tour; highly recommended! - Excellent walkabout tour lasting one and a half hours, stopping at various points along the way to hear stories of intrigue with a sinister edge! Our tour guide was top class; he related the stories in a highly entertaining, theatrical way that kept us hooked. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Highly recommended.
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Alibop1966
Nov 30, 2024
Absolutely brilliant!!!! - Absolutely outstanding, would highly recommend this tour. Excellent value for money and our tour guide Joe was amazing, he was witty, enthusiastic and informative. The whole experience was amazing and I can’t fault it in any way, the whole experience latest about an hour and loops round Stratford and takes you back to where you started, you get an incredible chance to see a side of Stratford you wouldn’t normally see and is an excellent and lighthearted way to enjoy a truly beautiful place.
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Malcolm_f
Nov 15, 2024
The dark side of Stratford - Only two of us booked the tour but we were treated to a memorable experience. Great to walk in the dark and be taken back in time.
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Chris
Nov 12, 2024
Entertaining - We had a very entertaining tour with our guide on a cold moonlit night. Stories were told of ghosts, headless corpses and lots of interesting trivia. I would recommend this tour without reservation especially if you are a person who does not take life too seriously 😃
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Rachel_r
Nov 11, 2024
Very entertaining! - Very entertaining and funny steering the group round the streets of Stratford. A bit grisly without being too much - suspect older children would enjoy it. Well worth the ticket price.
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Charles_t
Nov 10, 2024
Well worth it. - Interesting stories and facts, engaging host. Was interrupted by a couple of drunks that tried to tag along, but the host dealt with them without any drama. Host also had the voice to project over local traffic noise.
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Philippa_t
Nov 3, 2024
excellent guide and tour - the guide was very knowledgable humorous we all thoroughly enjoyed our tour and would recommend .⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Andrea_f
Nov 3, 2024
Great tour, well... - Great tour, well delivered, knowledgeable and funny. Great insight into Stratford upon Avons history
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Shandylincs
Nov 3, 2024
Excellent and well done, Joe was an informative and entertaining - We choose the 5pm as we thought it be good a little bit spooky and dark... Throughly enjoyed the walk Joe was entertaining and interesting. I would recommend 100%. Made for an interesting abd informative hour and half. 5 didn't turn up to it even though they had paid. Totally their loss to miss it. The route is a circular walk.
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