07.30 - 09.00hrs London pick-ups
London Bridge (7.30am), Kings Cross (7.55am), Baker Street (8.10am), Victoria (8.25am), South Kensington (8.50am), Earls Court (9.00am)
The description & location of your pick up point is found on the top of your E-Ticket.
We recommend you arrive at your departure/pick up point at least 10 minutes prior to your tour ensure you do not miss your tour! You must ensure you go to your booked pick up point as you may not be able to board at another location.
• 09.00hrs Depart London for Oxford.
• On arrival in Oxford you will have a guided walking tour.
• After this you will have some free time to explore this University City.
- Your Tour Manager will advise what time to meet at the coach for you departure
• We depart Oxford shortly after lunch for the short journey to Stratford.
• There is a guided tour on arrival, followed by free time to explore the city.
• Entrance into Anne Hathaway's cottage is included.
• Your Tour manager will advise you of the time to meet at the coach for the return journey to London
• 18.30hrs Estimated arrival time back into London.
Please note the itinerary is intended as a guide and some details may be subject to change.
About Oxford
Well known as it is, Oxford never fails to impress even its most regular visitors with something different or something new. Oxford, "The City of Dreaming Spires", is famous the world over for its University and place in history. For over 800 years it has been a home to royalty and scholars and since the 9th century an established town, although people are known to have lived in the area for thousands of years.
Nowadays the city is a bustling cosmopolitan town. Still with its ancient University, but also home to a growing hi-tech community.
About Shakespeare's Stratford
Stratford is one of England's most historic and vibrant towns and the birthplace of the famous bard William Shakespeare.
When he retired from writing in 1611 he returned to Stratford to live in a house which he had built for his family. His only son, Hamnet died when still a child. He also lost a daughter Judith (twin to Hamnet), but his third child Susanna married a Stratford Doctor, John Hall and their home "Hall's Croft" is today preserved as one of the Shakespeare Properties and administered by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
In 1616 Shakespeare was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity the same Church where he was baptised in 1564. Tradition has it that he died after an evening's drinking with some of his theatre friends. His gravestone bears the words:-
"Good friend for Jesus sake forebeare,
to digg the dust encloased heare,
Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones,
And curst be he yt moves my bones. " |
