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'''Stratford-upon-Avon''' is a market town and civil parish in [[Warwickshire]], England. With a population of around 30,000, it is close to the northern part of the [[Cotswolds]], a scenic range of hills.
'''Stratford-upon-Avon''' is a market town and civil parish in [[Warwickshire]], England. With a population of around 30,000, it is close to the northern part of the [[Cotswolds]], a scenic range of hills.
It is world-renown as the birthplace of playwright [[William Shakespeare]] (1564-1616), and the town attracted over 2.7 million visitors per year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/warwickshire/stratford-upon-avon/articles/postcard-stratford-upon-avon-rsc-tourism-collapsed/ A postcard from Stratford-upon-Avon, where tourism has collapsed without the RSC]</ref> Popular tourists attractions in the town include Shakespeare's birthplace, an early 16th-century timber framed house on Henley Street, the 15th century cottage of Ann Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) and the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]].
It is world-renown as the birthplace of playwright [[William Shakespeare]] (1564-1616), and the town attracted over 2.7 million visitors per year prior to 2019.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/warwickshire/stratford-upon-avon/articles/postcard-stratford-upon-avon-rsc-tourism-collapsed/ A postcard from Stratford-upon-Avon, where tourism has collapsed without the RSC]</ref> Popular tourists attractions in the town include Shakespeare's birthplace, an early 16th-century timber framed house on Henley Street, the 15th century cottage of Ann Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) and the [[Royal Shakespeare Theatre]]. A trail of Stratford's tourist attractions, known as the "Historic Spine", begins at Shakespeare's Henley Street birthplace and ends at the Holy Trinity Church, which dates from the early 13th century and is where Shakespeare was baptised and buried.
Stratford is approximately 92 miles north-west of [[central London]] and 22 miles south of [[Birmingham]] city centre.
Stratford is approximately 92 miles north-west of [[central London]] and 22 miles south of [[Birmingham]] city centre.