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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  is where Shakespeare was baptised and buried.  

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  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 83 miles north-west of [[central London]] and 22 miles south of [[Birmingham]] city centre.

==Geography==

==Geography==

[[File:Stratford On Avon historic map 1902.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A 1902 map of Stratford-upon-Avon, prominently paying homage to the town's most famous son, [[William Shakespeare]] (1564-1616).]]

[[File:Stratford On Avon historic map 1902.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A 1902 map of Stratford-upon-Avon, prominently paying homage to the town's most famous son, [[William Shakespeare]] (1564-1616).]]

Stratford-upon-Avon is in the far south of the [[Midlands|English Midlands]] and makes up part of the Barlichway hundred in south-western [[Warwickshire]]. It is close to the northern part of the [[Cotswolds]], an upland rural areas of south-western England famous for its stone-built villages and market towns, of which a nearby example is [[Chipping Campden]], 10 miles to the south-west.

Stratford-upon-Avon is in the far south of the [[Midlands|English Midlands]] and makes up part of the Barlichway hundred in south-western [[Warwickshire]]. It is close to the northern part of the [[Cotswolds]], an upland rural areas of south-western England famous for its stone-built villages and market towns, of which a nearby example is [[Chipping Campden]], 10 miles to the south-west. As the crow flies, the town is around 21 miles south of Birmingham, 17 miles south-west of [[Coventry]], 83 miles north-west of Charing Cross in central London, and 64 miles north-east of [[Bristol]].

Stratford-upon-Avon is close to the border of the traditional counties Warwickshire and [[Gloucestershire]]; the traditional Gloucestershire village of Clifford Chambers lies around 1.7 miles south-west of the town. Around 8 miles south of the town centre, again on the Gloucestershire border, sits Ebrington Hill which, at 856 ft (261 m), is the highest point in Warwickshire.

Stratford-upon-Avon is close to the border of the traditional counties Warwickshire and [[Gloucestershire]]; the traditional Gloucestershire village of Clifford Chambers lies around 1.7 miles south-west of the town. Around 8 miles south of the town centre, again on the Gloucestershire border, sits Ebrington Hill which, at 856 ft (261 m), is the highest point in Warwickshire.