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Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour of Stratford-upon-Avon

Enjoy an open-top bus ride around the beautiful and popular city of Stratford-upon-Avon

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This experience is ideal for all travel budgets.

Family-friendly

This tour will delight the whole family.

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Highlights

Hop-on and hop-off at your selected destinations using any of the 11 route stops for unlimited travel for 24 or 48 hours around Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s birthplace: 

  • Discover this vibrant market town in the county of Warwickshire offering something for everyone.
  • Learn more about Shakespeare – the legendary playwriter was born in this town and spent his formative years there - and his strong connections to Stratford despite his success in London.
  • Visit Shakespeare’s birthplace, a restored 16th century half-timbered house, and see the cultural impact of his legacy.
  • You can always choose to stay on the open top bus for the duration of the route and simply sit back and relax.

What's included

  • 24h or 48h hop-on hop-off tour

  • Live commentary in English

  • Audio guides available in seven languages

  • Entries to attractions
  • Refreshments
  • Travel to or from Stratford-upon-Avon

Prepare for the experience

Children information

  • Children under 5 years old can access free of charge.
  • Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by a paying adult over 16 years old.
  • Kids commentary also available only in English.

Accessibility information

  • Only folding wheelchairs are allowed on board the coaches.
  • You will also be required to climb the stairs on and off the coach with assistance from your helper. Buses staff are not able to assist due to Health and Safety reasons.
  • Please contact our team before booking should you require further accessibility information regarding the experience.

Additional information

  • Onboard live commentary in English and audio guides available in seven languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.
  • Your sightseeing bus service is operated by City Sightseeing Stratford-upon-Avon.

Guests can use their Stratford-upon-Avon Hop on Hop off Bus Tour tickets at any time during opening hours.

  • Duration: routes take approximately an average of 60 minutes.
  • Please check in 15 minutes before your planned departure. 

The regular operating times of the Red Line tour are the following: 

  • 1st April 2023-5th November 2023:

    • Daily: 10:00 am - 04:00 pm

Closures

  • 25th and 26th December
  • 1st January 

Departure point

Guests can board the bus tour at any of the Red Line stops:

  1. Visitor Information Centre
  2. Shakespeare’s Birth Place
  3. Market Square and American Fountain
  4. Shakespeare’s New Place
  5. River Avon and Royal Shakespeare’s Theatre
  6. Hall’s Croft
  7. Evesham Place
  8. Alcester Road
  9. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
  10. Mary Arden’s Farm
  11. Maybird Shopping Park
  • Nearest train station: Stratford-upon-Avon. 

Supplier information

This product is sold by VisitBritain Shop and provided by Golden Tours.

Upon booking you will receive an instant order confirmation from VisitBritain and a second email including a QR code. You can download it to your mobile phone or print it out to show when attending the tour.