Wigwam® is an NAEA licensed Estate Agent and ARLA licensed Letting Agent specialising in the sale and rental of properties in and around the Stratford Upon Avon area.
Our friendly and welcoming team in Stratford Upon Avon office is run by our Branch Manager Ian Watts who is an experienced estate agent and Branch Manager.
The office is well positioned on Chapel Street, in between The Shakespeare Hotel and Nash’s Place, and opposite the locals favourite Butchers, Barry The Butcher. Chapel Street is a continuation of The High Street, in Stratford upon Avon.
Wigwam® Stratford Upon Avon Branch Telephone: 01789 264426
Estate Agents & Letting Agents Email: Stratford@WigwamOnline.com
20 Chapel Street
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6EP
We are estate agents and letting agents covering Stratford Upon Avon town centre and the surrounding (Warwickshire and Worcestershire) villages that lie within a 15 mile radius of Stratford Upon Avon.
We offer Free no obligation Property appraisals (marketing valuations) and rental assessments. If you are considering renting or selling a property we would be pleased to give you advice.
WIGWAM® IS A REGISTERED TRADE MARK
This means only our company is allowed to trade under the name Wigwam for Estate Agency and Lettings
Stratford-upon-Avon is located in the Midlands, in the county of Warwickshire. All forms of travel are available: road, train, bus and there are nearby airports at Birmingham (35 miles), Manchester (60 miles) and London Heathrow (95 miles).
Train service from London takes just over 2 hours with a direct service from London Marylebone or Euston. See the train page for more details.
There are a wide variety of travel options by car, with many nearby motorway choices. General distances are: London - 110 miles (M40), Birmingham - 35 miles (M40), Bristol - 70 miles (M5).
Shopping facilities are excellent with the High Street shops and the modern Maybird Shopping Centre, just to the North of the town centre on Birmingham Road. There are a number of small and independent shops in the town centre as well as the big chains. (local supermarkets include Tesco, Sainsburys, Marks and Spencer’s & Somerfield and Aldi is set to build a new store in 2011) There is a local market on Friday as well as regular “Farmers Markets” throughout the year.
The town of Stratford Upon Avon also has a wide selection of both State and Independent schools for pupils of all ages.
Brief History of William Shakespeare, Stratford Upon Avon’s most famous resident.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was born at Stratford-upon-Avon in a house in Henley Street. This is preserved intact. His mother, Mary Arden, was one of the daughters of Robert Arden, a yeoman farmer of Wilmcote: his father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and wool dealer of good standing who held the office of Bailiff of the Borough in 1568.
From the age of seven to about 14, he attended Stratford Grammar School receiving an excellent well rounded education. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who was seven years his senior and three months pregnant. She was of 'yeoman' stock - her family owned a farm one mile west of Stratford in Shottery. He endured her until he could stand it no longer and fled to London to become an actor. He then became actor-manager and part-owner in the Blackfriars and afterwards the Globe Theatres. He was a first-rate actor, but it is as a writer of plays that he has achieved lasting world-wide fame. His plays are thought to be the finest ever written in any language.
His 37 plays vary in type; historical romances, light, fantastic comedies, some are tragedies, all including the comical and the farcical. He was a shrewd business man, amassing quite a fortune in his time. He returned to Stratford for his latter years where he died at the age of 52 and now lies at rest in his special grave at Holy Trinity Church. Stratford-upon-Avon is the town where William Shakespeare was born and is buried.
Every year, millions of people celebrate his life and work by visiting the town. Situated in the heart of England, on the banks of the river Avon, Stratford attracts visitors from all over the world and there are many attractions in the town that can enhance your theatre visit.
Shakespeare's Birthplace
William Shakespeare was born at the Shakespeare family home in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. The half-timbered Tudor building with its traditional frontage served as the family home and workshops for William's father, John Shakespeare, a glove maker, tanner and wool dealer. As eldest son, the house was left to William when his father died. Managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the property is open to visitors all year round.
Nash's House and New Place (just along the road from our Wigwam Stratford-upon-Avon branch)
William Shakespeare's granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall, married property developer Thomas Nash. Nash's House is adjacent to New Place, Shakespeare's home in Stratford towards the end of his life. Although not much of the original New Place building is left today, the house's extensive grounds are open to the public. Nash's House features a collection of 17th century tapestries and furniture as well as an exhibition on the history of the town, including artefacts from actor David Garrick's first Shakespeare festival in 1769.
Hall's Croft
Hall's Croft is named after the physician Dr John Hall who married William Shakespeare's eldest daughter, Susanna. It contains authentically furnished rooms and an extraordinary collection of paintings and medical artefacts from the 16th and 17th centuries. The herb garden contains many plants mentioned in Dr Hall's medical notebooks. Hall's Croft and gardens are open to the public all year round.
Mary Arden's House
Believed to have been owned by Robert Arden, it could have been the family home of his daughter Mary, William Shakespeare's mother, until she married. Both Mary Arden's House and the adjacent Palmer's Farm demonstrate life on a Tudor working farm. Open all year round, the farm is home to rare-breeds including Cotswold Sheep, Longhorn Cattle and Gloucester Old Spot pigs.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Before her marriage to William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway lived in Shottery, a village about a mile away from Stratford. Wooed at the family home by Shakespeare, Anne lived here until they married in 1582. The beautiful thatched farmhouse is open to the public all year round.
Holy Trinity Church
Situated on the banks of the river Avon, a couple of minutes walk from the RSC theatres, Holy Trinity Church is where Shakespeare was baptised and is buried. His wife, Anne Hathaway, daughter Susanna and son-in-law Dr John Hall, and Thomas Nash (first husband of Shakespeare's grand-daughter Elizabeth) are buried in the chancel alongside him. The Church is open to visitors daily from 9am to 4pm and from 12.30pm on Sundays (subject to parish demands).