Atherstone on Stour

Worth seeing in and around Atherstone on Stour

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Royal Shakespeare Theatre

   The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is located beside the River Avon in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon – Shakespeare's birthplace – in the English Midlands.

   3.7 km · theatre building in Stratford-upon-Avon, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

   The Collegiate Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is often known simply as Holy Trinity Church or as Shakespeare's Church, due to its fame as the place of baptism and burial of William Shakespeare.

   3.3 km · church of England parish church in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Shakespeare's funerary monument

   The Shakespeare funerary monument is a memorial to William Shakespeare located inside Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and where he was buried in the chancel two days after his death. The monument, carved in pale blue limestone, is mounted on the north wall of the chancel.

   3.3 km · monument in Stratford-upon-Avon · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Swan Theatre

   The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is built on to the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre that preceded the RST but was destroyed by fire in 1926.

   3.7 km · theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Clopton Bridge

   The Clopton Bridge is a Late Medieval masonry arch bridge with 14 pointed arches, located in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, which spans the River Avon, crossing at the place where the river was forded in Saxon times, and which gave the town its name. The bridge is still in use carrying the A3400 road over the river, and is grade I listed.

   3.8 km · bridge in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Harvard House

   Harvard House stands at what is now 26 High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. Once known as the Ancient House, It was built in 1596, by Thomas Rogers, grandfather of the benefactor of Harvard University, John Harvard, following the disastrous fires in 1594 and 1595 which destroyed much of the town centre.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed building in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Alscot Park

   Alscot Park is a Georgian country house in Preston on Stour, some 3 miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It is Grade I listed and was built in a Rococo Gothic style for James West during the mid-18th century.

   600 m · Grade I listed building in Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Gower Monument

   The Gower Monument is a grade II* listed monument in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Erected in 1888, the monument's centrepiece is a seated bronze sculpture of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

   3.9 km · monument in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Old Tramway Bridge

   The Tramway Bridge is a grade II listed pedestrian bridge crossing the River Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The bridge was built in 1823, originally to carry a tramway track of the horse-drawn Stratford and Moreton Tramway.

   3.8 km · bridge in Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket Club Ground

    Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The ground is next to the River Avon and also located next to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, on Swans Nest Lane.

    3.5 km · cricket ground in Warwickshire · Wikipedia

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Getting to Atherstone on Stour

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 33 km · East Midlands (EMA), 79 km · London Luton (LTN), 97 km

Stations

Milcote railway station, 3.5 km

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  96 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–14
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  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
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