Bancroft Basin – Stratford and Moreton Tramway loop from Tiddington

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Bancroft Basin – Stratford and Moreton Tramway loop from Tiddington

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Bancroft Basin – Stratford and Moreton Tramway loop from Tiddington

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6.24km

10m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.74 km

Colin P Witter Lock (River Avon)

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Colin P Witter Lock is a minor waterways place on the River Avon - Warwickshire (Upper Avon Navigation) between Offenham (16 miles and 2½ furlongs and 8 locks to the west) and Royal Shakespeare Theatre (2¾ furlongs to the northeast).

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3.62 km

Tramway Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon

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On August Bank Holiday Monday, 1874, despite a “dull threatening sky”, many Stratfordians and visitors flooded down to the Avon to watch a Regatta, the first to be held in …

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3.71 km

Warwickshire Firefighters Memorial, Bancroft Gardens

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More often than not there is someone performing here as it makes an intimate little ‘theatre’. Musicians, a man dressed as Shakespeare reading monologues off by heart or as in …

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3.74 km

Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

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From here it is 'just' 185 locks to get to London ;-)

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4.03 km

Bancroft Basin

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4.18 km

Gower Memorial to William Shakespeare

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Statue of William Shakespeare seated on the edge of a cruciform chair, his left arm over its back and hand holding a rolled up manuscript. His right forearm rests on …

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4.21 km

Stratford and Moreton Tramway

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The tramway was intended to carry Black Country coal to the rural districts of southern Warwickshire via the Stratford-on-Avon Canal, and limestone and agricultural produce northwards. The parliamentary act for …

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4.31 km

Clopton Bridge and Toll House

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Bridge. c1484 with C16 and C17 repairs; widened and toll house built 1814; footway added 1827; later parapets. For Sir Hugh Clopton; footway by J Nicolls, made by the Eagle …

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6.24 km

End point

Bus stop

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