Stratford-upon-Avon Tour
Chauffeur-driven Stratford-upon-Avon day trips from London. Two hours via the M40, Birthplace tickets £25, RSC evenings covered. Half days from £350.
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- The car stays with youYour chauffeur waits at every stop on the itinerary.
- One agreed priceFixed before you travel, with no meter running.
- Change the plan freelyAdjust the itinerary up to 1 hour before pickup.
- Door to doorCollected from your home or hotel and returned there.
- Room for the groupSaloons through to a sixteen seat minibus.
- 24/7 customer serviceReal people on the phone at any hour.
Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare's town.
Stratford-upon-Avon Tour is a
chauffeur-driven day trip to the Warwickshire market town where William
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and buried in 1616, roughly 100 miles and two
hours from central London by road. The town holds three of the Shakespeare
Birthplace Trust’s family homes, the parish church containing his grave, and
the two riverside theatres of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ticket prices set the shape of the day.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace on Henley Street, sold with the New Place gardens,
costs £25 per adult booked online and £12.50 per child aged 3 to 17,
with timed entry slots. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in Shottery adds £5 per
adult when bought alongside that ticket, or £15 on its own. Holy Trinity
Church admits everyone free, with a £5 chancel charge to stand beside
the grave.
Geography spreads the sites out. The
Birthplace, New Place at 22 Chapel Street and the Schoolroom and Guildhall sit
within a few streets of one another. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage lies a mile west
across the fields at Shottery, and Holy Trinity stands at the far end of Old
Town beside the river. A car covers those gaps in minutes rather than half an
afternoon.
Below you’ll find what each property
holds, ticket prices and combinations, the story behind the grave, how RSC
performances fit a day trip, the drive up from London, and the questions
travellers ask most before booking.
Shakespeare’s Town on the Avon
Stratford earned its market charter in
1196, and the half-timbered frontages along Henley Street, Sheep Street and
Chapel Street survive from the Tudor and Jacobean centuries that followed.
Shakespeare’s father John worked here as a glover and wool dealer before
serving as bailiff, the town’s senior office.
The playwright returned wealthy. He
bought New Place in 1597, the second largest house in Stratford, and died there
in 1616 at the age of 52. Only the footprint and gardens remain, since a later
owner demolished the building in 1759. Each Trust property tells a different
part of that arc, and the ticket you buy decides how much of it you see.
Shakespeare’s Family Homes and Ticket Prices
Three Trust properties open to general
visitors, and the pricing rewards buying them together:
•
Shakespeare’s
Birthplace, Henley Street. £25 adult and £12.50
child online, £27 and £13.50 at the door. Timed entry applies. The price
includes New Place gardens, and live actors perform speeches on request in the
garden.
•
Anne
Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery. £15 adult and £7.50
child on its own, dropping to £5 and £2.50 as an add-on. The thatched farmhouse
holds Hathaway furniture, and the grounds run to orchards, a willow cabin and
woodland sculpture.
•
Shakespeare’s
Schoolroom and Guildhall, Church Street. £10 adult
and £5 child alongside the Birthplace ticket. The upstairs room is where
Shakespeare studied Latin, and costumed teachers run Tudor lessons through the
day.
Concessions run at £21.25 for the
Birthplace and £12.75 for the cottage online. Under 3s enter free everywhere,
and every Trust ticket stays valid for 12 months of return visits. Note that
Mary Arden’s Farm and Hall’s Croft, which older guidebooks list, remain closed
to general visits and now host school groups only. The fourth essential stop
charges separately.
Booking takes three steps
- 01
Select Location, Date & Time
Enter your desired pick-up and drop-off locations, along with the pickup date and time.
- 02
Choose Your Vehicle
Select the perfect vehicle from our fleet to suit your needs and preferences.
- 03
Make Your Booking
Confirm your booking and make the payment.
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Around two hours each way via the M40, covering roughly 100 miles. Leaving central London before 08:00 avoids the worst of the outbound traffic and gives you a full day in the town.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace with New Place gardens costs £25 per adult online, and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage adds only £5 when bought with it. Children aged 3 to 17 pay £12.50 and £2.50 respectively, and under 3s go free.
Three open to general visitors: Shakespeare’s Birthplace on Henley Street, New Place gardens at 22 Chapel Street, and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in Shottery. The Schoolroom and Guildhall adds a fourth, and Holy Trinity Church holds the grave.
In the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, next to the altar and beside his wife Anne. The church is free to enter, with a £5 charge for the chancel, and the grave carries his own curse against anyone moving his bones.
It sits one mile west in Shottery, about four minutes by car or 25 on foot across the fields. Most visitors drive, since the walk eats time better spent in the gardens.
Yes, and it’s a common request. Matinées suit an early start with the houses done by lunch, while evening performances leave the afternoon open. Book the tickets yourself, then send us the times.
No, we don’t sell tickets, and booking direct with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust gives better availability on timed entry. Tell us the slots you hold and the route is planned around them.
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