The restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated on Henley Street, is believed to be the birthplace of William Shakespeare and is now a museum.A hands-on insight into Shakespeare’s early life, this landmark building is also a shrine to his career.

This is the school that Shakespeare attended as a boy from about 1571 to 1578, the place where he would have first experienced theatre, which now features a recreated classroom from his academic years.

The Stratford-Upon-Avon Shakespeare Tour takes in seven attractions over a distance of 1.1 km and lasts for about one hour (but of course you can take as little or as much time as you like).

Shakespeare wrote 26 of his best-loved plays as owner of New Place.The re-imagined New Place will showcase how Shakespeare lived at the height of his career, as a family man, a homeowner and a successful entrepreneur.

Housing a modern reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan playhouse, the Globe Theatre, here you can see one of the classics performed like theatre-goers did in Shakespeare’s day, standing in the rowdy ‘yard’ in front of the stage.

Beginning at Shakespeare’s Globe, where most of his plays were first performed, the itinerary meanders along the River Thames, pedalling through beautiful English countryside, passing Hampton Court, Windsor, Oxford, Blenheim Palace to Stratford-upon-Avon.