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A WARNING. Parking at the castle entrance is quite expensive – £10. There is a car park on
High St that’s a bit cheaper at £6.

If you continue up Castle Hill and turn l. at the top on to Jury St, there is cheaper parking there.

Warwick to Stratford

0.0 mi 52.2814, -1.5856 From Warwick Castle, if you parked in the Stables Carpark, take Castle
Lane to West St, the A439.

Expert navigator checkpoint. As you drive along Castle Lane you should have the castle walls
on your left.

0.3 mi 52.2798,-1.5904 Turn left on to West St, the A439. Follow West St on to Stratford Rd also
the A439.

If you parked along Jury St or High St, just continue along that road to West St

1.9 mi 52.2591,-1.6147 At the r/bout take the 3rd exit s/posted “Stratford A46”. After the traffic
lights follow the “Strat” signs marked on the road surface to exit on to Stratford Rd, the A46.

0.5 mi Take the 1st exit to remain on Stratford Rd, the A46.

1.5 mi 52.2423,-1.6512 Take the 1st exit s/posted “Local Traffic / A439” on to the A439.

4.9 mi 52.1953, -1.7019 The A439 turns left into Bridgeway.

You’ll come into town on the A3400. Follow it around to the left past the Bridgeway Carpark – you
could park there, but if you keep turning right you go past the Visitor Centre. Move over to the left
lane and follow the “Central Parking” signs to a couple of centrally located parking areas.

STRATFORD UPON AVON

Cambridge to Stratford On Avon

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In many ways this is a rolling history lesson. You’ll visit Coventry and its famous cathedral,
Rugby the ancestral of of Rugby Football, along with famous fortresses like Warwick Castle
and Kenilworth before making landfall at Stratford-On-Avon.

Apart from its historic association with William Shakespeare – though born there he didn’t actually
live there but spent his time in London – the town is worth visiting for two reasons. The Royal
Shakespeare Theatre where you can enjoy the bard’s plays performed by this famous theatrical
company, and the quaint Tudor buildings such as Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Hall’s Croft (home to
William’s daughter), Nash’s House and New Place (the last chapter in his life), Anne Hathaway’s
cottage (a romantic setting) and Mary Arden’s Farm (the childhood home of Shakespeare’s
mother).

However, it is much more than that, a market town with more than 800 years of history containing
not only many buildings that survive today and would have been familiar to Shakespeare, but also
a thriving community offering a wide variety of leisure and shopping experiences.