A walk around Stratford-upon-Avon - Part 1

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I decided to just have a wander around Stratford after I visited Holy Trinity. These are the photos I snapped along the way. Stratford is extremely picturesque. I wish I could live there. Since I'm taking a lot longer to post blogs now that Steve's here, I decided to break it into parts.

I'm quite happy that interest in Shakespeare grew in the 17th century because it meant the Victorians didn't demolish as many places as they might otherwise have done. Several houses linked to Shakespeare remain, including Hall's Croft. This was his daughter's home.

I was just strolling along the street and saw this lovely view.
Autumn was making an appearance in Stratford.

The town had so much pretty green space that I felt energized, yet serene. 

Row boats for rent on the River Avon.

Beautiful colors.

Holy Trinity's steeple.

The Royal Shakespeare Company theatre.

This statue was presented in 1996 to commemorate Stratford's 800th birthday.

This statue of Hermaphroditus entitled Youth at the Stream was cast in bronze in 1851 for the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace. It was donated to the town's garden in the 1930s.

The view of the RSC theatre from across the marina.

Lord Ronald Gower spent ten years sculpting this memorial to William Shakespeare. He presented it to the town in 1888.

A close-up of the Gower Memorial reveals that pigeons do not hold Shakespeare in very high esteem.

A sculpture of comedy on one corner of the pedestal.

And the sculpture of tragedy on another.
Statues of four Shakespeare characters are also part of the Gower Memorial.



This is Prince Hal. He and Falstaff appear in Henry IV.

A view up the river.

The lock that gives access to the marina.

A view of the marina from the other side.

I was rather amused by the placement of a McD's next to a pub that dates back to 1686.

























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