Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival

Apr - May 2010 (annual)

Stratford's annual Poetry Festival is held at the Shakespeare Centre and Shakespeare Institute. Both venues host poetry evenings with RSC actors and poets reading the works of William Shakespeare and other famous British poets.

Summer Concerts

Jul 2010 (annual)

Making the most of its spectacular setting, Warwick Castle hosts annual outdoor concerts for music and pyrotechnics lovers. Seasoned concert-goers bring a well-packed picnic hamper, and at the end of the concert, the fireworks provide a memorable finale.

The Royal Show

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Royal Show at the Stoneleigh Park Exhibition & Conference Centre claims to be "Europe's premier agricultural fair". Over 200 rural craft stands, a huge flower marquee, British food pavilion and machinery provide further attractions.

Warwick Folk Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Warwick Folk Festival attracts an impressive line-up of singers, bands, street performers and morris dancers to the leafy grounds of Warwick School. Kate Rusby and Eric Bogle headline the event in 2009.

Global Gathering

Jul 2010 (annual)

Global Gathering brings GodsKitchen's unique brand of midsummer madness to Long Marston Airfield. Their take on the festival format brings a new dimension to the club calendar, hijacking every aspect of dance music and combining it with some spectacular entertainment.

Bulldog Bash

Aug 2010 (annual)

Among Europe's biggest biker rock festivals, the Bulldog Bash takes place at the Shakespeare County Raceway on Long Marston Airfield. There are displays by professional drag racers and supertuned bikes, and bikers stage their own races down the strip.

Carpe Diem Theatre

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Carpe Diem Theatre's Summer Theatre Academy once again comes to Stratford's Civic Hall for three weeks in the summer. Budding young actors and technicians can attend a series of unique programmes in theatre training and study, which culminate in a series of final performances. Shakespeare, surely, would have approved and its great to get the kids busy during the long summer break.

Throckmorton Literary Festival

Sep 2010 (annual)

A stellar line-up of writers gathers in the majestic house and grounds of the Throckmorton family at Coughton Court for the Throckmorton Literary Festival. The three-day event features an organ recital, book signings and readings and is a must for any bookworm.

Apple Week

Sep 2010 (annual)

In recognition of an important time in the farming year, Mary Arden's House & The Shakespeare Countryside Museum present traditional country crafts, activities and entertainment during Apple Week. These include cider making, apple juicing, hog roasts and archery demonstrations.

Stratford Races

8 Mar - 28 Oct 2010 (annual)

Whether a seasoned racegoer, or a newcomer to the sport, a day at Stratford Races provides fun for all the family. Visitors can spend the day in a private box or avail themselves of one of the group hospitality packages.

Heritage Motor Centre

Daily

The Heritage Motor Centre was originally built to house the collection held by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. The collection on display charts the development of the British motor industry from 1896 to the exciting innovations of the present day.

Warwick Castle

Daily

Warwick Castle more than lives up to its billing as Britain's Greatest Medieval Experience. Bursting to the towers with tales of treachery, torture, passion and power, the castle is brought to life by costumed guides and colourful characters telling spellbinding stories.

St Nicholas Park

Daily

Warwick's St Nicholas Park has plenty of attractions. Rowing on the lake in the shadow of the magnificent castle, strolling by the river or relaxing in the shade of a willow tree are perfect ways to spend a summer's day.

Mary Arden's House & The Shakespeare Countryside Museum

Daily

Retaining its country setting in Wilmcote, this timbered Tudor farmhouse is the childhood home of Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, before she married John Shakespeare. It is also home to the Shakespeare Countryside Museum and the adjacent Glebe Farm, where there are displays of farm implements and daily demonstrations by Heart of England falconry.

Lord Leycester Hospital

Daily

Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick was created as a home for the charitable Guild of the Holy Trinity and St George. Take afternoon tea in the tearoom then visit the delightful Master's Garden and the Museum of the Queen's Own Hussars.

Market Hall

Daily; not Mon

The Market Hall museum in Warwick houses displays of local archaeology, natural history, geology and social history. See ancient jewellery, locally unearthed fossils, bees and bugs. Learn all about the Great Fire of Warwick and see Sheldon's Tapestry Map.

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Daily

Step into the house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and gain a fascinating insight into life as it was when the Bard was a child. The half-timbered house is Stratford's most-visited tourist spot.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Daily

This thatched farmhouse cottage was the childhood home of Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, whom he married in 1582. Situated jut a short distance from Stratford's town centre, it offers visitors the chance to learn about the life and times of this farming family, and to retrace the steps that Shakespeare must have taken when courting Anne.

International School of Riding

Daily

A stone's throw away from Warwick Castle, Warwick International School of Riding is situated in the heart of Shakespeare country and offers some of the most impressive horse riding in England. Avid riders can trot or canter through many miles of unspoilt country lanes and peaceful leafy bridleways, or gallop across expanses of open grassland and through ancient oak woods.

Hall's Croft

Daily

Hall's Croft is one of the finest half-timbered, gabled houses in Stratford, and also the residence where Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Susanna, lived with her famous husband, Dr John Hall.

Nash's House & New Place

Daily

Nash's House was Shakespeare's family home from 1597 and the adjoining New Place was the house in which he died in 1616.

Stratford Town Walk

Daily

Discover Shakespeare's world through guided walks around his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon. On the Stratford Town Walk you'll get to see timber-framed buildings and stop off at the Shakespeare Houses, Grammar School, Royal Shakespeare Theatres and Holy Trinity Church.

Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford

Daily

Few places have as famous a son as Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare (aka "the Bard"). Together with museums dedicated at his birthplace and his wife's house, this delightful Cotswold town is home to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Hatton Country World

Daily

Set in the heart of the countryside just outside Warwick, Hatton Country World is a haven for those that want to avoid the crowds in the city centre and get back to nature. Visitors can enjoy a unique Victorian shopping experience in rural surroundings, walk the nature trail to the locks forming part of the historic Grand Union Canal, or experience a fun family day out at the farm.

No monthly events available.

Warwickshire and West Midland Game and Country Fair

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Warwickshire and West Midland Game and Country Fair is held in the beautiful grounds of Ragley Hall. It features gundog events, falconry displays, archery, clay pigeon shooting, side-saddle riding and many other exhibitions and displays as well as stalls.

Warwick Folk Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Warwick Folk Festival attracts an impressive line-up of singers, bands, street performers and morris dancers to the leafy grounds of Warwick School. Kate Rusby and Eric Bogle headline the event in 2009.

Warwick Castle Trebruchet

Apr - Nov 2010 (annual)

A trebuchet is a medieval siege machine, capable of throwing huge projectiles over castle walls. At Warwick Castle, visitors can see one in action twice a day, by the river against the South Front.

Throckmorton Literary Festival

Sep 2010 (annual)

A stellar line-up of writers gathers in the majestic house and grounds of the Throckmorton family at Coughton Court for the Throckmorton Literary Festival. The three-day event features an organ recital, book signings and readings and is a must for any bookworm.

The Royal Show

Jul 2010 (annual)

The Royal Show at the Stoneleigh Park Exhibition & Conference Centre claims to be "Europe's premier agricultural fair". Over 200 rural craft stands, a huge flower marquee, British food pavilion and machinery provide further attractions.

The Haunted Castle

Oct - Nov 2010 (annual)

No castle would be complete without a good ghost story and Warwick Castle has plenty. For Horrible Halloween the building's ghostly inhabitants come out to scare visitors, so be prepared for spooky surprises, spine-tingling stories and ghosts galore...

Summer Concerts

Jul 2010 (annual)

Making the most of its spectacular setting, Warwick Castle hosts annual outdoor concerts for music and pyrotechnics lovers. Seasoned concert-goers bring a well-packed picnic hamper, and at the end of the concert, the fireworks provide a memorable finale.

Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival

Apr - May 2010 (annual)

Stratford's annual Poetry Festival is held at the Shakespeare Centre and Shakespeare Institute. Both venues host poetry evenings with RSC actors and poets reading the works of William Shakespeare and other famous British poets.

Stratford Races

8 Mar - 28 Oct 2010 (annual)

Whether a seasoned racegoer, or a newcomer to the sport, a day at Stratford Races provides fun for all the family. Visitors can spend the day in a private box or avail themselves of one of the group hospitality packages.

Global Gathering

Jul 2010 (annual)

Global Gathering brings GodsKitchen's unique brand of midsummer madness to Long Marston Airfield. Their take on the festival format brings a new dimension to the club calendar, hijacking every aspect of dance music and combining it with some spectacular entertainment.

Coughton Court

13 Mar - 7 Nov 2010; not Mon or Tue (annual)

Since 1409, Warwickshire's majestic Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton family. With close connections to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, the house holds a special place in English history, and stands in 25 acres of splendid grounds.

Compton Verney

Mar - Dec 2010; not Mon (annual)

Compton Verney is an art gallery situated in a Grade I-listed 18th-century Robert Adam mansion near Warwick, with 120 acres of stunning Capability Brown-designed gardens.

Carpe Diem Theatre

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Carpe Diem Theatre's Summer Theatre Academy once again comes to Stratford's Civic Hall for three weeks in the summer. Budding young actors and technicians can attend a series of unique programmes in theatre training and study, which culminate in a series of final performances. Shakespeare, surely, would have approved and its great to get the kids busy during the long summer break.

Bulldog Bash

Aug 2010 (annual)

Among Europe's biggest biker rock festivals, the Bulldog Bash takes place at the Shakespeare County Raceway on Long Marston Airfield. There are displays by professional drag racers and supertuned bikes, and bikers stage their own races down the strip.

Apple Week

Sep 2010 (annual)

In recognition of an important time in the farming year, Mary Arden's House & The Shakespeare Countryside Museum present traditional country crafts, activities and entertainment during Apple Week. These include cider making, apple juicing, hog roasts and archery demonstrations.

No biennial events available.