Mary Arden's and 

Palmer's Farm

Be surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of a Tudor farm at Mary Arden's Farm. Discover the daily routine of a 16th Century farm and marvel as the farmer, maid and labourer bring the farm to life.

  • Home of Shakespeare's grandparents and childhood home of Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden
  • See the Elizabethan way of life and interact with the daily domestic routine of a working farm
  • Watch the farmer's wife prepare and cook her home grown food in the farmhouse kitchen
  • Wander through the orchard and wild flower meadow
  • Follow the nature trail and track down the Long Horn cattle and other rare breeds including Cotswold sheep and Gloucester Old Spot pigs
  • Free parking, gift shop, cafe, toilets.
  • Limited disabled access to the houses. Wheelchair accessible toilets, ramps and wide paths around the site



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Mary Arden's Farm
Station Road,
Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 9UN

Telephone: +44 (0) 01789 293 455
3 miles from Stratford town centre