Warwick Vacations: Things To Do When You Visit Warwick

Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire and is situated on the banks of the River Avon. You're within a short driving distance of places like Stratford upon Avon (birthplace of Shakespeare), Birmingham, Leamington Spa and many other towns. Certainly this is a town which makes an ideal base for exploring not just the town of Warwick but the whole of the West Midlands or further south to the Cotswolds. Below we look at a few of the attractions worth visiting during your stay in Warwick.

Warwick Castle – This is more than just an attraction for you to wander around the towers and ramparts you should allow a full day to take in everything. You can experience what it feels like for soldiers preparing for battle or just how much a sword really does weigh. You can even try on a battle helmet for size. Or you may prefer to take a leisurely stroll around the State Rooms with their lavish decoration and witness the complicated preparations for a Victorian tea party.

Shakespeare's Birthplace – The house in which Shakespeare was born is 8 miles from Warwick in the town of Stratford Upon Avon. This tourist attraction is the very house where Shakespeare was born. The exhibitions that you walk past give you an insight into the bard's life, including his famous writing. You'll be drawn into the reconstructions complete with sound effects along with the original artifacts help to capture the feeling of this man's life.

The house is reached through an English country garden. As you walk through it you will see flowers, herbs and trees have been planted in it which Shakespeare loved and which are mentioned in his plays. It is thanks to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust that this house has been restored to its former glory very carefully to ensure that many of its original features have been retained.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage – Just a short trip from Shakespeare's birth place is Shottery here is the home where his future wife spent her early years. Although we now refer to it as a cottage when his bride Anne lived in it and where Shakespeare came to court her it was a large farmhouse. Anne Hathaway's descendents lived here until the late 19th Century when it was purchased by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

The cottage can trace its roots back to the 16th & 17th centuries but there are two curved oak beams which were erected in 1463. As you wander inside the cottage you will find that little has changed and not just the original open hearth fireplace, which is still in location in the living room, but paneling as well. All the rooms within are decorated with furnishings from the period and including the four poster Hathaway Bed.

Lunt Roman Fort – Obviously much older than Warwick Castle, as its name suggests this was a Roman Army fort. After painstaking research the site now features a faithful reconstruction of the original fort. As you wander around this wonderful attraction one can get a feel for what life was like in the Roman army when in Britain. The museum itself houses many finds from the archaeological dig along with a model of what the fort would have looked like in 64AD.

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