You’ll find our most popular itinerary choice(s) below, but we can tailor-make yours from scratch to meet your exact requirements…

Stratford - 2 days from £95pp*

Travelling in November 2013. Price includes executive coach transport from & to school & throughout your stay, 1 night's half board accommodation, group travel insurance and a generous free place ratio of 1 in 8

And then add our most popular itinerary package below for £42pp*

Our Most Popular Visits in Stratford for School Theatre & Drama Trips

Here are some of our most popular visits in Stratford for English, Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts groups. We can tailor-make an itinerary to your exact needs. Call us to create your itinerary from scratch today.

Royal Shakespeare Company

A visit to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford will enable students to enjoy Shakespeare and connect with his work. Now that the much-anticipated wait for the reopening of the RSC’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Swan Theatre is over following a huge £112 million investment, watching a play here is truly an experience not to be missed.

RSC Productions

We’re now associate members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. This means that we’re now able to give you advance notice of productions – weeks before the general public – and you’ll also benefit from a priority booking period too, so you’ll have first dibs before the seats are put on general sale.

RSC 2013 Season

Tickets are now available for the 2013 theatre season at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Swan Theatre in Stratford. Performances include:

Hamlet
As You Like It
All’s Well That Ends Well
The Empress
Titus Andronicus
A Mad World My Masters

Winter 2013/14 Season

The RSC's winter season opens in October with David Tennant in the title role of Richard II. This will be the first production in a new cycle of Shakespeare's History plays directed by RSC Artistic Director, Gregory Doran. December will bring dramatisations of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. These tales will play in two parts in the Swan Theatre, and tell the stories of both Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. JM Barrie's classic tale of the boy who never grows up will also play from December 2013. Wendy & Peter Pan has been adapted in a spectacular new version of the original tale.

RSC Tours

Go behind-the-scenes to discover more about the theatre-making process. Starting in the foyer, these guided tours explore the public and private areas of the theatre. Learn about the history of the RSC, the theatres and the recent transformation. Theatre tours last up to one hour.

RSC Tower

The 36-metre high Tower offers an iconic landmark for the RSC theatres whilst providing fantastic views of Shakespeare’s home town. A lift will take you to the 32-metre high viewing platform. As you descend you will find an exhibition installed in the walls.

RSC In Stitches

For the whole of the RSC's Summer and Winter season in 2013/14 there will be a glorious celebration of costume throughout the RSC's theatres. The display will reveal highlights from the RSC's costume collection along with new artistic responses, interactive displays and your chance to try on RSC theatre costumes in the special dressing-up box.

Theatre Workshops

At the YHA Stratford, we can provide popular curriculum-linked workshops such as ‘An introduction to Shakespeare’, ‘Circus and Clowning’, ‘Improvisation’, ‘Playwriting’, and ‘An Inspector Calls’. Course content can be tailored to meet the needs of your group and to the length of your stay.

Other Popular Stratford Visits

Shakespeare Properties

Take a guided visit of up to five of Shakespeare’s properties. Each one offers a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the life and times of William Shakespeare. Your guide will assist your students in forming a picture of Shakespeare’s life and introduce them to the influences on his work.

The Falstaff Experience

This is one of Stratford’s most exciting and unusual tourist attractions, offering an informative yet theatrical glimpse into pages of history, from the glorious to the ghastly, the hilarious to the haunting. Students will learn some remarkable tales in a genuinely haunted museum!

Stratford Walks

Take an award-winning guided walk around the historic streets and explore Stratford, its history, attractions and fascinating relationship with Shakespeare. Hear informative and interesting stories of fires, flooding, the plague and mediaeval cures!

Stratford Ghost Walk

On an award winning ghost walk, your students will meander around the streets of Stratford and discover terrible tales and sinister stories of ghosts, witches, murder and misery.

Below, you'll find some of our most popular accommodation options for school groups.

This is just a sample of our full range, so for full details of all properties available, please call 0845 688 8988 to speak to one of our Educational Travel Advisors today.

YHA Stratford

The hostel was originally an old Georgian mansion and has recently undergone a £1.2 million refit, all rooms and public areas fully renovated with new beds, bathrooms and dining room furniture, for re-opening April 2013

YHA Stratford

This basic, simple hostel accommodation is ideal for groups on a lower budget. The hostel offers a good base for visiting nearby Stratford

Address Hemmingford House Alveston Stratford upon Avon CV37 7RG View map of location	Local Rating Youth hostel
	Capacity 130 guests in 32 rooms over 2 floors

Location Information

The hostel is located in a very attractive setting of over 3 acres of grounds in the small village of Alveston, less than 3 miles (approx 30 minutes on foot) from the historic town of Stratford upon Avon

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Accommodation Facilities

• Reception
• TV Lounge
• Meeting room
• Cafeteria
• Games room with pool table, TV, computer access (payable locally)
• Coach parking
• Disabled facilities: This property has one 3-bedded room with en-suite adapted for disabled clients

 Student Rooms

• 2-6 bedded rooms (bunk beds)
• 16 rooms are equipped with private facilities.  For those rooms without private facilities, there are ample showers and toilets are on every floor
• No Towels are provided and bedding is laid out ready for groups to make their own beds (these can be made up if required on request and charge may be applicable for this service)

 Staff Rooms

• 2-6 bedded rooms (It is YHA policy to allocate same sex staff in multi bedded rooms to ensure maximum occupancy (ie 4 female staff allocated four bedded room). Please note that the hostel has no real single rooms therefore, at busy times, single rooms may not be available to accompanying staff)
• 16 rooms are equipped with private facilities.  For those rooms without private facilities, there are ample showers and toilets are on every floor
• No Towels are provided and bedding is laid out ready for groups to make their own beds (these can be made up if required on request and charge may be applicable for this service)

Safety Guidance

The hotel conforms to all local standards, which does not require plate glass windows/patio doors to have anti-collision motifs to ensure that people are aware glass is present.  Group leaders are advised to consider this in their risk assessments/group management plan and ensure appropriate control measures are put in place.

The reception desk is manned until 23:30-00:00hrs and generally staff come back on duty at 06:00-07:00hrs the next morning. The late reception staff lock the front door before they leave, guests are informed of the front door code so they may gain access after this time.  Posted on the reception desk is an emergency number for guests to call in the case of an emergency, there are also clear instructions on how to contact the emergency services if they feel this is more appropriate.  During this period, guests still have access to all of the ground floor rooms including the self catering room.

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Britannia Hotel Coventry

A traditional hotel constructed originally in the 1970s and refurbished recently.

Britannia Hotel Coventry

A large hotel offering a good standard of accommodation. Coventry is an ideal base for groups wishing to visit nearby Stratford and Warwick.

Address Fairfax Street Coventry CV1 5RP View map of location	Local Rating 3* equivalent
	Capacity 400 people in 205 rooms spread over 7 floors

Location Information

The hotel is located in the centre of Coventry, next to the Cathedral and within walking distance of the city’s shopping centre and department stores.

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Accommodation Facilities

• Reception
• Bar
• Restaurant
• Meeting rooms
• 3 Lifts
• Disabled facilities: This property has no specific facilities or adapted rooms for disabled clients.

 Student Rooms

• 2-3 bedded rooms
• En suite facilities
• Television
• Telephone
• Some rooms have balcony

 Staff Rooms

• Twins/Singles
• En suite facilities
• Television
• Telephone
• Some rooms have balcony
• Tea & coffee making facilities

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Best Western Grosvenor Hotel

Grade II listed Georgian building tastefully decorated throughout.

Best Western Grosvenor Hotel

Large hotel, in the centre of Stratford, offering good facilities for groups.

Address Warwick Road Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YT View map of location	Local Rating 3 star hotel chain hotel – Best Western
	Capacity 73 rooms over two floors

Location Information

On main road leading into Stratford. Approximately 5 minutes walk from the historic centre

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Accommodation Facilities

• Reception
• Disabled facilities: This property does have some ground floor rooms with disabled access, however, there is no lift in the hotel

 Student Rooms

• 2-3 bedded rooms
• En suite facilities
• Television
• Telephone
• Tea & coffee making facilities

 Staff Rooms

• Twins/Singles
• En suite facilities
• Television
• Telephone
• Tea & coffee making facilities
• Please note: due to age of the building and room types the hotel cannot guarantee that teachers will be accommodated on the same floor as students

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