ISE VALLEY VAGABONDS

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 Stratford upon Avon Permanent Trail BWF App No PT20

The Shakespeare Walk

 START & FINISH:  Stratford Leisure and Visitor Centre, Bridgeway,

Stratford upon Avon, Warks  CV37 6YY

OS map 151    GR 206553    Distance 10km

Fee £1.00    Patch £2.00

Route last updated on 25 November 2006

This route description is valid until 31 December 2008

This walk has been established by members of the Ise Valley Vagabonds Walking Club (BWF Club No 70) and is a qualifying event in the IVV award scheme.  It can be walked at any time. 

Exit the car park and Leisure and Visitor Centre and go ahead to the road.  Turn right.  Turn right again, and almost immediately bear left into Warwick Road and left again into St Gregory’s Road.  At the T-junction at the end of the road, turn left into Maidenhead Road.  After Summer Court, turn left onto the canal towpath.  Follow it under bridge No 68, cross to the other side and continue under bridge No 69, emerging on Waterside.

QUESTION 1.  WHICH YEAR IS ON THE PLAQUE ON BRIDGE No 69?

Keep straight ahead towards the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.  Then turn right towards the Swan Fountain.

QUESTION 2.  WHO WAS THE SCULPTOR OF THIS FOUNTAIN?

After passing the fountain, cross the road and go ahead into Sheep Street.  After the Town Hall, turn left into Chapel Street.  Go straight ahead into Church Street and at the end, turn left into Old Town.  Continue and enter Trinity Churchyard.  At the far side, take the left hand exit into Mill Lane.  Go ahead, by Lucy’s Mill, onto the footpath.  It passes under the road, bears right and continues parallel to the road.  At the car park, turn right to the roundabout and follow the main road directly ahead (Seven Meadows Road but no name visible) under the bridge to another roundabout.  Turn right into Evesham Place and cross to the left hand side of the road.  Where Evesham Place becomes Grove Road, turn left onto the footpath towards Anne Hathaway’s Cottage.  Follow it ahead as it crosses a cycleway and 3 roads and reaches some playing fields.  About 100 metres into the playing field, the path forks.  Take the left fork.  Turn right at the road.

 

QUESTION 3.  WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE THATCHED COTTGE ON THE RIGHT, no 70?

Turn left into Quiney’s Road.  At the T-junction at the end of the road, turn right into Hathaway Lane (no name visible) and cross to the left hand side of the road.

QUESTION 4.  WHAT IS THE YEAR ON SHOTTERY ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL?

Turn left.  Pass The Bell on the right and turn left again into Cottage Lane.  Follow it as it bends to the right, passing Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and The Tryst House on the left.

QUESTION 5.  ON THE RIGHT, TO WHERE DOES THE COTTAGE TEA GARDEN GIVE ACCESS?

A few metres further on, turn right onto a footpath.  At the end of the footpath, turn right.  At the mini-roundabout turn left into Bell Lane.  Do not follow around to the right, but go straight on at the bend, onto the tarmac footpath, Tavern Lane.  At the next bend, keep ahead on the footpath between the house towards Stratford and Shakespeare’s Birthplace.  It soon opens out onto a large playing field.  Turn left and follow the footpath to the road.  Turn left and immediately right, continuing on the footpath and cycleway 5.  Take the left fork and leaving the cycleway, continue to the road ignoring another turning to the right.  Turn right.  Go straight ahead at the first set of traffic lights, then cross to the left hand side of the road.  Turn left at the next set of traffic lights into Windsor Street.  Take the first turning right into Henley Street.  Go ahead into Bridge Street, cross over the river bridge, and pass the Pen and Parchment Pub on the left.  Follow the road as it bends to the left, past the Tourist Information Centre (also on the left, with much more detailed information about the local sights) and go ahead the remaining 200 metres to the car park and Leisure and Visitor Centre.

 We hope you have enjoyed the walk! 

The Ise Valley Vagabonds have established other Permanent Trails at Bedford (2), Chester, Daventry, Kempston, Kettering, Kings Lynn, London (2), Marston Moretaine (2),

 Oxford, Rugby, Stamford, Warwick and Wellingborough.

They are all qualifying events towards the IVV award scheme. 

Further information about these walks, the IVV, the club and all its activities can be found by visiting our Web Site www.vagabonds.org.uk

 THE ORGANISERS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ACCIDENTS, THEFT, AND/OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

  EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE BY THE ORGANISERS TO MAKE THIS A SAFE, ENJOYABLE AND MEMORABLE EVENT.


 
      ISE VALLEY VAGABONDS
PERMANENT TRAIL INTERNET REGISTRATION FORM

Name of Trail:    The Shakespeare Walk 
Date Completed:
Name:
Address: 
Additional 
Walkers
Entry Fee:                                                     ______ Walkers @ £1.00 Each    Total £ 
Badge:                                                          ______ Badges @ £2.00 Each    Total £ 
Total Fees:      (Cheques payable to Ise Valley Vagabonds)                                Total £
Insert Cards:   ( Do you want your IVV stamps on  new insert cards) Yes   /   No 

 
ANSWERS
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When completed, this form should be forwarded to
Carol Jones,138 Rushden road, Wymington, Rushden,Northants,NN10 9LE.

                                                 Please remember to enclose:
                                                    1) The Correct Fee.
                                              2) A Stamped Addressed Envelope of a suitable size.
                                                    3) Your IVV Records books, or Insert Cards.

Insert Cards can be used instead of having to send your books away by post. they must be submitted
with a normal Record card when claiming an award.
( these cards are accepted by both the AVV and the CVF.)

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