Mary Ardens House and The Shakespeare Countryside Museum

This picturesque, half timbered Tudor house was the home of Shakespeare's Grandparents and childhood home of his mother, Mary Arden. Today you can follow the nature trail and track down the Long Horn cattle and other rare breeds including Cotswold sheep and Gloucester Old Spot pigs, on the working farm. Within the house is a countryside Museum, where you can see the Elizabethan way of life and interact with the daily domestic routine of a working farm. Situated 3 miles out of Startford-Upon- Avon town Centre, this is a great place to visit for the whole family.