BIDFORD-ON-AVON
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Bidford-on-Avon is a large village, 6 miles downstream from Stratford-upon-Avon.
This is the stone bridge over the River Avon, with the tower of St Laurence's Church in the background. |
 | Bidford-on-Avon is a popular mooring point. Canal boats can pass up the Avon as far a Stratford, and join the canal system there. |
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There are many old buildings in Bidford-on-Avon.
This stone building with timber-framed gables now serves as the local bank. |
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Half-timbered cottages along Iknield Street. The Iknield Street was an important Roman road. A Saxon burial ground lies beneath a nearby public car park. |
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The rear of the 16th Century Falcon Inn. The appearance of this building is similar to the Shakespeare properties in Stratford.
The Falcon Inn at Bidford is said to have been frequented by Shakespeare. There is a rhyme which includes the phrase "drunken Bidford", which is commonly associated with Shakespeare, though the rhyme first appears in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1749, and does not occur in any of Shakespeare's writings. There are four other old inns in Bidford too. |
 | St Laurence's Church, viewed from the opposite side of the Avon. |
 | A view from the Churchyard, looking out across the surrounding countryside. |
 | The bridge at Bidford-on-Avon, as viewed from St Laurence's churchyard. |
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