Travel in Stratford-Upon-Avon

An accident of history put Stratford-Upon-Avon on the world map. If it hadn't happened that William Shakespeare was born and died here, this small sleepy market would have remained just that instead of becoming one of the United Kingdom's major tourist attractions. Its popularity grew with Shakespeare's literary status, with the final stamp of public approval established by actor David Garrick's Jubilee celebration in 1769, a 3 day festival which did everything except put on his plays. Despite its enormous popularity, Stratford manages to retain a real feeling of authenticity and happily absorbs the literary pilgrims who flock here. Given the fact that Shakespeare lived here over 400 years ago, from 1564 to 1616, a surprising number of original buildings have survived. His birthplace in Henley Street is an early 16th century half-timbered building, the oak timbers cut and transported from the nearby Forest of Arden. Like many market towns, Stratford was built beside a river which today makes a useful reference point for walking. A gridiron of streets runs parallel to the river Avon, forming the old centre where most of the buildings associated either directly with the bard or dating from his time are found. Built right beside the river is that other, related monument, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, home of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here in April 1616, Shakespeare was buried. It's a delightful, rather modest, last resting place for the man who can claim to be the world's greatest playwright.
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