Stratford-upon-Avon Sinister Stories Walking Tour

Maybe you'll be shocked, maybe you'll be surprised, maybe you'll actually be scared, but you will certainly be entertained as you are taken around the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon to hear tales of plague, murder, ghosts and witches.

Meeting Point

Sinister Stratford

The Platinum Jubilee Tree, Sheep St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EF, UK

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

What's included:

• A circular walk, telling mysterious and grizzly tales from the history of Stratford-upon-Avon.

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Garrick

25 High St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6AU, UK

We start at the start - the start of the Bubonic Plague outbreak that is!

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Town Hall Stratford upon Avon

, , Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6EF

Still on the corner of Sheep Street and High Street, learn about the ghost from the Civil War days.

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Shakespeare's New Place

22 Chapel St, , Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6EP

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.

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Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall

Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HB

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....

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Hall's Croft

National Cycle Route 41, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG

Shakespeare's eldest daughter married the only doctor in town, but would treatment from John Hall kill or cure you?

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Holy Trinity Church

Old Town, , Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG

Enter the churchyard? Or should we just stand outside to hear some of the most gruesome tales of the residents?

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Chain Ferry

Chain Ferry, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37, UK

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....

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Royal Shakespeare Theatre Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BB

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!

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Lambs

12 Sheep St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EF, UK

Peer down the ancient court and hear one final tragic tale of witchcraft and murder.

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The Platinum Jubilee Tree

Sheep St, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6EE, UK

And we're back at the start point, well done if you made it all the way around!

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Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

Passby Tudor World. They claim to be the most haunted building in England, but there are terrors all around.....

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