Stratford Greenway – Shakespeare's Birthplace loop from Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford Greenway – Shakespeare's Birthplace loop from Stratford-upon-Avon
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Stratford Greenway – Shakespeare's Birthplace loop from Stratford-upon-Avon
01:15
12.1km
50m
Running
Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: February 27, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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2.91 km
River Stour Bridge on the Stratford Greenway
Highlight • River
Tip by
3.69 km
Stratford Greenway
Highlight • Cycleway
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5.13 km
Milcote Carriage Café
Highlight • Cafe
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10.4 km
Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm
Highlight • Structure
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10.6 km
Tramway Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon
Highlight • River
The first committee was Edwin Lockyer Curry (the first captain), J. New (Hon. Secretary), Charles Loggin (Hon. Treasurer), G. Stephenson, George Martin Bird, W. A. Samman, F. A. Lane, J. Butcher and E. Pardoe. A deputation waited on Mr. Arthur Hodgson at Clopton and persuaded him to become the club’s first president, against the advice of the Vicar, the Rev. John Day Collis, who prognosticated gloomily, “Look here, friend, your club will only last three years. No club in Stratford lasts longer than that”.
The Club’s own regatta, held each August Bank Holiday Monday, quickly settled into a pattern: this was the era of the bicycling craze, and for a number of years the Stratford Bicycle Club co-operated with the Boat Club in arranging cycling and athletics events, though there was sometimes trouble with professionals who tried to enter amateur events. There were also events such a pony races, tub races and greasy pole competitions. The early regattas were closed events, but the first open event – won by an Evesham R.C. four – was introduced in 1980, and other open events for fours, pairs and scull followed.
A professional waterman, Rowall of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was engaged to coach the Club’s crews in 1879, at a salary of £2 per week, and the following year another Tynesider, Stephen Renforth, was engaged as a professional coach. The 1880 regatta was the only one to offer a professional scullers’ event, put in, one suspects, as a soft option for Renforth to add to his wages – though no other professionals entered, and the event was not sculled.
The 1880s saw the first great period of Stratford rowing. A Senior Four had been boated in 1879, and a Junior Four won at Tewkesbury that year. Another Junior Four won at Stratford in 1881, and by 1882 the Club had a number of experienced oarsmen and a Senior Four was formed – A. Callaway, W. S. Davies, H. White, and Tim Coles – which won at Twekesbury and Stratford. In 1883, Tom Birch came into the crew at bow, and J. B. Stack deputised at 2 when needed, the crew winning at Stratford, Worcester and Bewdley.
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10.7 km
Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Highlight • Rest Area
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10.9 km
Bancroft Basin
Highlight • River
11.3 km
Shakespeare's Birthplace
Highlight • Historical Site
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12.1 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.06 km
4.07 km
1.37 km
525 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
4.98 km
3.51 km
3.10 km
453 m
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