What To Do When You Visit Warwick

Situated on the banks of the River Avon, Warwick is well located and steeped in history. From here one can travel south and reach the city of Coventry and to the west is another popular tourist destination, Leamington Spa. Certainly this is a town which makes an ideal base for exploring not just the town of Warwick but the many attractions that are located relatively close to it. Below we look at a few of the attractions worth visiting during your stay in Warwick.

Warwick Castle – Whilst you can treat this as "just" a castle, there is much more to it: you should allow a full day to take in everything. The hands-on displays mean you can feel just how heavy a sword was or what it would have been like to be a foot soldier getting ready for battle. Plus you have the chance to experience what it was like when you went into battle wearing a helmet. Then after all this excitement take time out to visit the State Rooms which have been lavishly decorated 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. It features a number of exhibitions that give you an insight into the bard's life, including his famous writing. Scenes have been constructed which draw the visitors in and the 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. This has been planted with many different species dating back to Shakespeare's day. 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 where his future wife spent her formative years. Although we now refer to it as a cottage when his bride Anne lived in it and Shakespeare courted her it was a large farmhouse. It was home to her descendants until the late 19th Century when it was purchased by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Although the cottage itself dates from the 16th and 17th centuries it also features two oak beams from 1463. The cottage hasn't changed much over the years and in the living room is not only the original open hearth lots of original panels as well. All the rooms within are decorated with furnishings from the period and including the 4 poster Hathaway Bed.

Lunt Roman Fort – Well before the construction of Warwick Castle, as its name suggests this was a Roman Army fort. Using the archaeological evidence found on the site a faithful reconstruction of the fort has been accomplished. 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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