This map of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire will delight and amaze visitors and residents alike. I hand-drew it in painstaking detail, to show all the town’s main buildings and attractions as well as its natural wonders and historical figures. Oh, and there are one or two references to Shakespeare! It’s my ‘love letter’ to the town of my birth.

About the map

Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of the English language’s most famous son: William Shakespeare. I too was born and raised in Stratford and I have just finished drawing a map of the town; it’s my love letter to the place that shaped me and that will forever be home.

“I like this place and willingly could spend time in it” – William Shakespeare in As you Like It

When I was a girl I didn’t know how lucky I was to grow up in Stratford. I now appreciate the extraordinary legacy it left me: a deep sense of history, culture and community. I wanted to put all that in my map. The map shows not just the shape of the town and its buildings and roads, but also things you normally wouldn’t see on a map: history, nature, trees, birds, activities and lots of Shakespearean characters and quotes.

Stratford has so many stories to tell and this is my story. If you’re a Stratfordian, I hope you will forgive my omissions and that the map will delight you anyway; whether you’re a resident or now living in exile like me!