Amazing England III

Stratford upon Avon:- Lies on the river Avon, in Warwick shire, mainly known as the birth town of great English play writer and poet "William Shakespeare". Many of my friends and colleagues recommended me to visit this place. There is one more Stratford, just Stratford, in London, so in order to avoid the confusion, Shakespeare's Stratford is called as "Stratford upon Avon". The journey takes hardly 15 minutes by train from Leamington Spa.
I got down on the small station of the town and started walking towards the tourist center to collect town map. Out of the five houses of Shakespeare, I decided to visit three of them, the birthplace, Nash's house (also the site of the new place) and Hall's croft. I had only four hours to visit these places. I started with the birth place i.e. the house in which this great play writer was born.


Birth place of William Shakespeare.

Nash's house and the site of new place.

Hall's Croft.

Few snaps of the town

Statue of Shakespeare in the town

Coventry:- The nearest biggest city from Leamington Spa. Situated in county of West Midlands, famous for Transport museum, art gallerias, Coventry cathedrals both new and the ancient one. The ancient cathedral was destroyed in the bombing in World War II. Due to terms, I can not publish the photographs taken inside the museum, forgive me for that.
Here are few snaps of the city.

Coventry Transport museum.

Statue of Lady Godiva

Snaps of New and ancient Coventry Cathedral

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