Nonliterary types might find touristy Stratford-upon-Avon to be much ... The prime sight in town is Shakespeare's Birthplace, a half-timbered Elizabethan building where William grew up.

Statues honouring the world-famous playwright William Shakespeare have been installed on train platforms along a West ...

It was the biggest house in Stratford-upon-Avon more than four hundred years ago and it was purchased by William Shakespeare for one hundred and twenty pounds which was a fortune in those days.

In what is a “feat of transformation” worthy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in the past 20 years or so the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon has “morphed” from a “cunning tourist trap ...

Today William ... of Shakespeare’s family remain relatively little known—including the fact that William’s father, John, was once appointed official ale-taster of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Join us for a look around Shakespeare's Birthplace, New Place and Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon. Museum guides ... One of eight children, William was born at the family home ...

William Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway may have been happier than previously thought, according to new research. It has been long believed that the playwright left his wife behind when ...

London Underground has released a special edition tube map to celebrate the ... for 23 April, when Shakespeare is believed to have died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1616.