Sights & Attractions in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Heart of England

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

All Saints Church On the west side of High Town, this 13th-century church contains...	Religious Sites	Hereford

Bancroft Gardens Between the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Clopton Bridge lie...	Gardens / Arboretums	Stratford-upon-Avon

Birmingham Cathedral The early-18th-century Cathedral of St. Philip, a few blocks...	Religious Sites	Birmingham

Butterfly Farm Europe's largest displays of exotic butterflies, spiders, caterpillars...	Nature Preserves	Stratford-upon-Avon

Cadbury World The village of Bournville (4 miles south of the city center)...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham


Chester Zoo Well-landscaped grounds and natural enclosures make the 80-acre...	Zoos / Aquariums	Chester

ChesterBoat This company runs excursions on the River Dee every 30 minutes...	Tours	Chester

Cider Museum A farm cider house and a cooper's workshop have been re-created...	Museums / Galleries	Hereford

Compton Verney A neoclassical country mansion remodeled in the 1760s by Robert...	Museums / Galleries	Stratford-upon-Avon

Grosvenor Museum Start a visit to this museum with a look at the Roman Stones...	Museums / Galleries	Chester

Guild Chapel This chapel is the noble centerpiece of Stratford's Guild buildings...	Religious Sites	Stratford-upon-Avon

Guildhall Dating back to 1416, the Guildhall is occupied by King Edward's...	Educational Institutions	Stratford-upon-Avon

Hall's Croft One of the finest surviving Jacobean (early 17th-century) town...	Houses / Mansions	Stratford-upon-Avon

Ikon Gallery Converted from a Victorian Gothic-style school, this gallery...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham

Ireland's Mansion The cluster of restored half-timber buildings that link Fish...	Houses / Mansions	Shrewsbury

Kilpeck Church One of Britain's best-preserved Norman churches, built of red...	Religious Sites	Hereford

Nash's House This heavily restored house was the residence of Thomas Nash...	Houses / Mansions	Stratford-upon-Avon

National Sea Life Centre As far from the sea as you can get in Britain, this imaginatively...	Zoos / Aquariums	Birmingham

Pen Room During the 19th century, Birmingham was the hub of the world...	Museums / Galleries	Birmingham

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery The museum holds Shropshire pottery and ceramics, as well as...	Museums / Galleries	Shrewsbury

Tudor World at the Falstaff Experience Designed like a traditional Victorian museum, this place is G-rated...	Museums / Galleries	Stratford-upon-Avon

Wrekin If you head south of Shrewsbury on B4380 for around 5 miles...	Geological Sites	Shrewsbury
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