1. Stratford-upon-Avon was Shakespeare's birthplace.

2. My house is right in the middle of Stratford-upon-Avon, and I can watch the street market from my window.

3. There is plenty of time to look around Stratford-upon-Avon or leave the train at Warwick to visit the historic castle.

4. Hugh Clopton, a mercer, erected the bridge at Stratford-upon-Avon that still bears his name.

5. My house is right in the middle of Stratford-upon-avon.

6. Stratford-upon-Avon district council voted on Monday to allow 700 homes to be built in Shottery.

7. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna(/stratford-upon-avon.html), and twins Hamnet and Judith.

8. He also co-owns butterfly centres in Stratford-upon-Avon and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

9. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26 April 1564.

10. Tickets for the stage performances, which opened in Stratford-Upon-Avon and later moved to London, sold out in hours.

11. But the 41 year-old, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, survived and has managed to stay healthy with the help of a new diet.

12. Clearly the biggest problem was what to do about the tour, scheduled to leave Oxford at 9.30 a.m. bound for Stratford-upon-Avon.

13. Sights sight that's off the beaten track or when time is include Stratford-upon-Avon, Hadrian's Wall, limited.

14. Every year on 23 April, the birthday of Shakespeare, there is a big commemorative parade at Stratford-upon-Avon.

15. The painting will now go on display in Shakespeare's hometown Stratford-upon-Avon.

16. The painting will go on display at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23, Shakespeare's birthday.

17. The portrait goes on public display for the first time today in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

18. It may have surprised many that Premier Wen Jiabao started his visit to the UK with a visit to Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon.

19. A wooded area, formerly very extensive, of central England west of Stratford-upon-Avon.

20. Experts have begun excavating the ruins of New Place, Shakespeare's former home in Stratford-upon-Avon, which was demolished 250 years ago.

21. "Thurston Lamphead, my lawyer, got into it with all those carping microbes from Stratford-Upon-Avon," he replied.

22. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon.

23. Experts have begun excavating the ruins of New Place, Shakespeare's former home in Stratford-upon-Avon, which was destroyed 250 years ago.

1. Stratford-upon-Avon was Shakespeare's birthplace.