Sights & Attractions in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Heart of England

Top Attractions

Name	Category	Location

Anne Hathaway's Cottage The most picturesque of the Shakespeare Trust properties, on the...	Houses / Mansions	Stratford-upon-Avon

Attingham Park Built in 1785 by George Steuart (architect of the church of St...	Houses / Mansions	Shrewsbury

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings You can see the architecture typical of the region at this 15-acre...	Museum Village	Birmingham

Barber Institute of Fine Art Part of the University of Birmingham, the museum has a small...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham

Birmingham Back to Backs Of the 20,000 courts of back-to-back houses (constructed around...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham


Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Vast and impressive, this museum holds a magnificent collection...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham

Black Country Living Museum It was in the town of Dudley, in the 17th century, that coal...	Museum Village	Birmingham

Charlecote Park A celebrated house in the village of Hampton Lucy, Charlecote...	Houses / Mansions	Stratford-upon-Avon

Chester Cathedral Tradition has it that a church of some sort stood on the site...	Religious Sites	Chester

City walls Accessible from several points, the city walls provide splendid...	Architectural Sites	Chester

Hereford Cathedral Built of local red sandstone, Hereford Cathedral retains a large...	Religious Sites	Hereford

Holy Trinity Church The burial place of William Shakespeare, this 13th-century church...	Religious Sites	Stratford-upon-Avon

Jewellery Quarter For more than two centuries, jewelers have worked in the district...	Industrial Sites	Birmingham

Lichfield Cathedral It's worth a detour (14 miles northeast of Birmingham on A38)...	Religious Sites	Birmingham

Mappa Mundi and Chained Library Exhibition This extraordinary double attraction includes the more than 20-square-foot...	Libraries	Hereford

Mary Arden's Farm A working farm, where food is grown using methods common in the...	Houses / Mansions	Stratford-upon-Avon

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter The museum is built around the workshops of Smith & Pepper...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham

Old House The half-timber Old House is a fine example of domestic Jacobean...	Houses / Mansions	Hereford

Rows Chester's unique Rows, which originated in the 12th and 13th...	Architectural Sites	Chester

Royal Shakespeare Theatre Set amid gardens along the River Avon, the Stratford home of...	Arts / Performance Venues	Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare's Birthplace A half-timber house typical of its time, the playwright's birthplace...	Museums / Galleries	Stratford-upon-Avon

Shrewsbury Abbey Now unbecomingly surrounded by busy roads, the abbey was founded...	Religious Sites	Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Castle Guarding the northern approaches to the town, the sandstone castle...	Castles / Palaces	Shrewsbury

St. Chad On a hilltop west of the town center, this church designed by...	Religious Sites	Shrewsbury

Thinktank This interactive museum in the state-of-the-art Millennium Point...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham
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