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Shakespeare's Birthplace
An easy walk from your hotel will take you to Shakespeare's birthplace, William Shakespeare’s childhood home in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon. You can use an audio guide to hear tales of Shakespeare’s family life and you will have the opportunity to get up close to objects from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s world class collections as you discover how the extraordinary playwright continues to shape our lives today. John Shakespeare, William’s father, lived and worked in this house, he married Mary Arden in about 1557 and William was born in 1564, the third of their eight children. When his father became the Mayor of Stratford, William was privileged to have attended the local grammar school to begin his education. In 1582, at the age of 18, William married Anne Hathaway. The young couple continued to live with his parents in the Birthplace. It is where their own children, Susanna, Judith and Hamnet were born