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Vol. IFriday, 30 October 2026CV37 6QW

Henley Street · Stratford-on-Avon · West Midlands

CV37 6QW

Henley Street, Stratford-on-Avon

Shakespeare's Birthplace, listed at Grade I, stands about 50 m from CV37 6QW.

STRATFORD-ON-AVON, 30 October 2026. Compiled from 9 public registers. Last revised 30 October 2026.

Shakespeare's Birthplace
Shakespeare's Birthplace. Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The postcode CV37 6QW lies in the built-up area of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the West Midlands region of England.1 Within 25 m are the Grade II listed buildings at 32-36, 37-40, and 41 and 42 Henley Street, all in Stratford-upon-Avon.234 The White Lion Inn, a former public house in Henley Street, is an example of Elizabethan architecture first recorded in 1591.5

Shakespeare's Birthplace, a restored 16th-century half-timbered house on Henley Street, lies 50 m east of the postcode.6

Written in part from the Wikipedia articles cited; this text is adapted from them and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Notable residents

No register we consulted has anything on this yet.

Landmarks and architecture

Shakespeare's Birthplace is a restored 16th-century half-timbered house on Henley Street, where it is believed William Shakespeare was born in 1564.6 Shakespeare's Birthplace is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 25 October 1951, and lies 50 m east of CV37 6QW.76 The White Lion Inn was an Elizabethan public house in Henley Street, first recorded in 1591, and is a Grade II listed building.58

Nash's House (New Place Museum) is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 25 October 1951, lying 370 m south of CV37 6QW.9 The Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 25 October 1951, lying 400 m south of CV37 6QW.10 Harvard House is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 25 October 1951, lying 270 m south-east of CV37 6QW.11

Written in part from the Wikipedia articles cited; this text is adapted from them and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Listed buildings within 600 m

Name in the registerGradeDistance
SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE List entry 1187807 I 51 m
HARVARD HOUSE List entry 1298524 I 269 m
NASH'S HOUSE (NEW PLACE MUSEUM) List entry 1204376 I 366 m
GUILD CHAPEL OF THE HOLY CROSS List entry 1204554 I 395 m
GUILDHALL,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL List entry 1187780 I 406 m
THE PEDAGOGUE'S HOUSE,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL List entry 1298548 I 417 m
THE ALMSHOUSES List entry 1298549 I 429 m
The Shakespeare Memorial Fountain (also referred to as The American Fountain) List entry 1280258 II* 146 m
1, HIGH STREET List entry 1187808 II* 233 m
30, HIGH STREET List entry 1187816 II* 249 m
GARRICK INN List entry 1187814 II* 270 m
19 AND 20, HIGH STREET List entry 1187812 II* 281 m
TUDOR HOUSE List entry 1298523 II* 284 m
TOWN HALL List entry 1298545 II* 313 m
MASON'S COURT List entry 1206233 II* 326 m
THE SHRIEVE'S HOUSE List entry 1298586 II* 338 m
THE SHAKESPEARE HOTEL List entry 1204394 II* 363 m
THE FALCON HOTEL List entry 1187771 II* 368 m
THE OLD VICARAGE,KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL List entry 1204583 II* 406 m
Shakespeare Monument on east side of the Great Gardens of New Place List entry 1298541 II* 406 m
The Gower Monument List entry 1204176 II* 482 m
Royal Shakespeare Theatre List entry 1207396 II* 507 m
37-40, HENLEY STREET List entry 1187806 II 15 m
41 AND 42, HENLEY STREET List entry 1205467 II 21 m
32-36, HENLEY STREET List entry 1205453 II 25 m
WHITE LION INN List entry 1205432 II 31 m
43, HENLEY STREET List entry 1205510 II 32 m
TWO K6 TELEPHONE KIOSKS IN FRONT OF ST GREGORY'S CATHOLIC HALL List entry 1280698 II 39 m
THE SHAKESPEARE CENTRE List entry 1395091 II 43 m
21, WINDSOR STREET List entry 1298514 II 60 m
29,30,30A AND 31, HENLEY STREET List entry 1187805 II 71 m
WHITE SWAN HOTEL List entry 1298498 II 75 m
SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST OFFICE List entry 1298521 II 76 m
4, GUILD STREET List entry 1205332 II 79 m
15 AND 16, MEER STREET List entry 1187821 II 86 m
13 AND 14, MEER STREET List entry 1280484 II 87 m
PUBLIC LIBRARY List entry 1280724 II 92 m
27, ROTHER STREET List entry 1280290 II 95 m
1-4, WINDSOR STREET List entry 1207436 II 100 m
10, HENLEY STREET List entry 1187804 II 113 m
THE RECESSION PUBLIC HOUSE List entry 1187801 II 122 m
9,10 AND 11, GUILD STREET List entry 1205341 II 123 m
WINDSOR COURT List entry 1187800 II 124 m
8 AND 9, HENLEY STREET List entry 1205394 II 125 m
2-6, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1280213 II 130 m
58 AND 59, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1298501 II 130 m
21,23,23A AND 25, BIRMINGHAM ROAD List entry 1204151 II 132 m
21 AND 21A, GREENHILL STREET List entry 1298518 II 139 m
56 AND 57, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1206488 II 140 m
27 AND 28, WOOD STREET List entry 1187874 II 145 m
20, GREENHILL STREET List entry 1205304 II 145 m
THE TEDDY BEAR MUSEUM List entry 1187799 II 149 m
54 AND 55, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1187845 II 149 m
FOUNTAIN LAUNDRY List entry 1205293 II 154 m
12,13 AND 14, GUILD STREET List entry 1298519 II 154 m
19 AND 20, WOOD STREET List entry 1207482 II 156 m
7 AND 8, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1298500 II 158 m
16, WOOD STREET List entry 1187873 II 160 m
32 AND 33, ROTHER STREET List entry 1206302 II 160 m
OLD THATCH TAVERN List entry 1205313 II 162 m
18,18A AND 19, ROTHER STREET List entry 1187838 II 166 m
TERRETT COURT List entry 1207467 II 167 m
9 AND 10, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1280216 II 167 m
1,2 AND 3, TYLER STREET List entry 1298814 II 170 m
44 AND 44A, WOOD STREET List entry 1279695 II 172 m
34, ROTHER STREET List entry 1298496 II 178 m
37-43, BIRMINGHAM ROAD List entry 1298539 II 178 m
7, WOOD STREET List entry 1187872 II 179 m
4 AND 5, TYLER STREET List entry 1298509 II 179 m
1, HENLEY STREET List entry 1187803 II 181 m
45 AND 45A WOOD STREET AND 65 HENLEY STREET List entry 1207501 II 182 m
YORK HOUSE List entry 1280287 II 184 m
5 AND 6, WOOD STREET List entry 1207458 II 185 m
16, ROTHER STREET List entry 1187837 II 187 m
BARCLAYS BANK (PART) List entry 1187875 II 188 m
BARCLAYS BANK List entry 1187766 II 190 m
BARCLAYS BANK List entry 1207522 II 195 m
21, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1204241 II 197 m
CIVIC HALL List entry 1206259 II 198 m
ROBERT HOUSE List entry 1206322 II 199 m
3 AND 4, WOOD STREET List entry 1187871 II 201 m
16, GUILD STREET (See details for further address information) List entry 1205362 II 205 m
39 AND 40, ROTHER STREET List entry 1187839 II 206 m
1 AND 2, WOOD STREET (See details for further address information) List entry 1207448 II 208 m
1,2 AND 3, PAYTON STREET List entry 1187830 II 209 m
24, PAYTON STREET List entry 1187834 II 209 m
13, ROTHER STREET List entry 1298495 II 210 m
THE SLUG AND LETTUCE RESTAURANT List entry 1298520 II 216 m
39-42, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1280224 II 217 m
LLOYDS BANK List entry 1187767 II 218 m
41, ROTHER STREET List entry 1280277 II 218 m
39 AND 39A, HIGH STREET List entry 1205790 II 219 m
PAYTON COURT List entry 1187831 II 220 m
2,3 AND 4, JOHN STREET List entry 1205817 II 221 m
11 AND 12, ROTHER STREET List entry 1206253 II 221 m
23, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1281296 II 224 m
36, HIGH STREET List entry 1298525 II 227 m
11 AND 12, JOHN STREET List entry 1280505 II 229 m
PAYTON HOTEL List entry 1298526 II 229 m
The Coach House List entry 1298497 II 231 m
5, PAYTON STREET List entry 1187832 II 234 m
19 AND 20, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1206467 II 234 m
9, JOHN STREET List entry 1187818 II 235 m
2 AND 3, HIGH STREET List entry 1280672 II 236 m
35-38, SHAKESPEARE STREET List entry 1187844 II 237 m
31, HIGH STREET List entry 1205781 II 243 m
17,18 AND 19, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1204228 II 244 m
35 AND 36, GUILD STREET List entry 1205367 II 244 m
NEWLAND ALMSHOUSES List entry 1187802 II 245 m
7, JOHN STREET (See details for further address information) List entry 1280537 II 245 m
4 AND 5, HIGH STREET List entry 1187809 II 246 m
OUTBUILDING RANGE TO REAR OF NUMBERS 59 AND 6O List entry 1280779 II 247 m
DUKE'S HOTEL List entry 1298534 II 248 m
MERCERS' CROFT List entry 1205776 II 249 m
49,50 AND 51, ELY STREET List entry 1298516 II 256 m
39 AND 40, ELEY STREET List entry 1205053 II 257 m
THE QUEEN'S HEAD INN List entry 1280815 II 257 m
27, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1187768 II 259 m
30-34, ELY STREET List entry 1187796 II 259 m
57, ELY STREET List entry 1187797 II 259 m
7 AND 8, ROTHER STREET List entry 1187836 II 259 m
21 AND 21A, PAYTON STREET List entry 1298533 II 260 m
58, ELY STREET List entry 1205274 II 261 m
12,13 AND 14, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1187765 II 266 m
27 AND 28, HIGH STREET List entry 1187815 II 267 m
14, ELY STREET List entry 1205016 II 270 m
BAPTIST CHURCH List entry 1187835 II 273 m
59 AND 60, ELY STREET List entry 1187798 II 274 m
10, ELY STREET List entry 1298515 II 274 m
10-13, HIGH STREET List entry 1187810 II 275 m
9, ELY STREET List entry 1204999 II 276 m
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM List entry 1280899 II 277 m
16, HIGH STREET List entry 1187811 II 281 m
19 AND 20, PAYTON STREET List entry 1187833 II 281 m
CROSS KEYS INN List entry 1187795 II 283 m
17 AND 18, HIGH STREET List entry 1298522 II 283 m
21, HIGH STREET List entry 1187813 II 286 m
5, ELY STREET List entry 1298554 II 286 m
BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL List entry 1280340 II 289 m
3, ELY STREET List entry 1187794 II 291 m
MIDLAND BANK List entry 1298544 II 301 m
SYMPHONY COTTAGE List entry 1280281 II 304 m
11, CHAPEL STREET List entry 1204350 II 309 m
31, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1281299 II 310 m
TUDOR COTTAGE List entry 1187840 II 314 m
BANCROFT HOUSE List entry 1025100 II 317 m
1, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187846 II 319 m
32 AND 33, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1204255 II 321 m
2, SHEEP STREET List entry 1280204 II 321 m
OLD RED LION SHOPPING CENTRE List entry 1204216 II 322 m
8,9 AND 10, CHAPEL STREET List entry 1187774 II 324 m
50,51 AND 52, ROTHER STREET List entry 1280246 II 326 m
34, BRIDGE STREET List entry 1298540 II 328 m
THE WEB List entry 1298543 II 329 m
3, SHEEP STREET List entry 1298502 II 330 m
42, SHEEP STREET List entry 1298504 II 332 m
4 Sheep Street List entry 1206532 II 333 m
5, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187847 II 334 m
6 AND 6A, CHAPEL STREET List entry 1187773 II 339 m
8 AND 9, SHEEP STREET List entry 1206564 II 342 m
STRATHEDEN HOTEL List entry 1187772 II 346 m
4, CHAPEL STREET List entry 1298542 II 348 m
BOBBY BROWN'S RESTAURANT List entry 1187848 II 349 m
20 AND 20A, CHAPEL STREET List entry 1281238 II 354 m
THE ENCORE PUBLIC HOUSE List entry 1187764 II 359 m
Chaucer Bookshop List entry 1187775 II 360 m
13 AND 14, SHEEP STREET List entry 1298503 II 361 m
37 AND 38, SHEEP STREET List entry 1280101 II 362 m
RED LION INN List entry 1187864 II 365 m
36, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187856 II 368 m
THE ROSE AND CROWN PUBLIC HOUSE List entry 1187849 II 379 m
19, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187851 II 383 m
32 AND 33, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187855 II 390 m
DOVECOTE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH WEST OF MAGISTRATES' COURT List entry 1205325 II 390 m
STRATFORD HOUSE HOTEL List entry 1187850 II 392 m
16, CHURCH STREET List entry 1187778 II 394 m
31, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187854 II 400 m
ATTACHED WALL AND RAILINGS List entry 1187841 II 401 m
24 AND 25, SHEEP STREET List entry 1187852 II 401 m
Nos. 21 and 20 WATERSIDE List entry 1187853 II 403 m
MAYFLOWER GREEN (TERRACE) List entry 1281332 II 406 m
GROSVENOR HOUSE HOTEL List entry 1298842 II 411 m
REGENCY COTTAGE List entry 1205860 II 413 m
PEN AND PARCHMENT PUBLIC HOUSE List entry 1187763 II 420 m
25, WATERSIDE List entry 1052241 II 424 m
26-29, WATERSIDE List entry 1187865 II 430 m
30 AND 31, WATERSIDE List entry 1052215 II 438 m
GROSVENOR HOUSE HOTEL List entry 1187863 II 442 m
32 AND 33, WATERSIDE List entry 1298511 II 443 m
34 AND 35, WATERSIDE List entry 1187253 II 448 m
8 AND 9, CHURCH STREET List entry 1281208 II 451 m
17 AND 18, CHURCH STREET List entry 1281176 II 452 m
36 AND 37, WATERSIDE List entry 1187866 II 454 m
COACH HOUSE HOTEL AND ATTACHED FORMER COACH HOUSE List entry 1298849 II 456 m
THEATRE WORKSHOPS List entry 1187867 II 461 m
4,5 AND 6, CHAPEL LANE List entry 1187770 II 466 m
19 AND 20, CHURCH STREET List entry 1298547 II 467 m
GATEWAY APPROXIMATELY 19 METRES WEST OF MASON CROFT List entry 1187781 II 469 m
GAZEBO APPROXIMATELY 42 METRES WEST OF MASON CROFT List entry 1204611 II 469 m
40-43, WATERSIDE (See details for further address information) List entry 1298512 II 469 m
WINDMILL INN List entry 1204496 II 476 m
K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE SWAN THEATRE List entry 1207422 II 487 m
ARDEN HOTEL List entry 1279760 II 488 m
WINTON HOUSE List entry 1187779 II 498 m
MASON CROFT AND ATTACHED GATE AND WALLS List entry 1204603 II 501 m
GATEWAY TO SOUTH WEST OF THE SWAN THEATRE List entry 1187869 II 502 m
24,25 AND 26, CHURCH STREET List entry 1204551 II 508 m
Pair of Lamp Standards, The Bancroft List entry 1440313 II 510 m
51, WATERSIDE List entry 1187868 II 517 m
TRINITY COLLEGE List entry 1204635 II 518 m
PRINCIPAL TIMBER WAREHOUSE AT COX'S TIMBER YARD List entry 1204198 II 529 m
THE DIRTY DUCK PUBLIC HOUSE List entry 1207384 II 529 m
17,18,19 AND 19A, OLD TOWN List entry 1205942 II 540 m
60 AND 61, WATERSIDE List entry 1298513 II 544 m
TRAMWAY HOUSE List entry 1187829 II 551 m
STRATFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL List entry 1298546 II 555 m
OLD FERRY HOUSE List entry 1298506 II 560 m
1, OLD TOWN List entry 1205929 II 561 m
FORMER BARN APPROXIMATELY 22 METRES SOUTH WEST OF OLD FERRY HOUSE List entry 1025022 II 565 m
2 AND 3, OLD TOWN List entry 1187823 II 577 m
OLD TOWN PLACE List entry 1205935 II 591 m
OLD TRAMWAY BRIDGE List entry 1187828 II 599 m

Source: Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Names as the register gives them.

Further reading on Wikipedia

Article titles and links from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Landmarks on Wikidata

Data from Wikidata (CC0).

House style

Historic England lists 37-40, Henley Street, 41 and 42, Henley Street, and 43, Henley Street, as Grade II listed buildings.121314 Nearby, 32-36, Henley Street is listed as a Grade II building 30 m north-west, and WHITE LION INN is listed as a Grade II building 30 m north.1516

Inferred from Land Registry property types and listed-building descriptions. No register records the style of unlisted houses.

Property types in recorded sales
  • Other property type3
  • Flat or maisonette1
  • Terraced1
  • Detached1
  • Semi-detached1

Then and now

The Stratford area was settled in the Roman period, when a Roman road crossed it, and a small Roman town at Tiddington was occupied from the 1st to the 5th century AD.17 In 1196 the lord of the manor, John of Coutances, set out plans to develop Stratford into a town, and King Richard I granted it a charter for a weekly market that year.17 The Old Thatch Tavern, 200 m south-west of CV37 6QW, became the brewery for Stratford-upon-Avon in 1470, when it was also a pub.18

Shakespeare's Birthplace, 50 m east of CV37 6QW, is a 16th-century house where it is believed William Shakespeare was born in 1564.6 The White Lion Inn, which stood in Henley Street, first appears in historical records in 1591.5 The Chaucer Head Bookshop, 360 m south of CV37 6QW, was founded in Birmingham in 1830 and moved to Stratford-upon-Avon in 1960.19

Written in part from the Wikipedia articles cited; this text is adapted from them and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Questions about CV37 6QW

Each answer is computed from the public registers, and its footnotes link to the source.

  1. Which is the highest-graded listed building near CV37 6QW?

    Shakespeare's Birthplace, Grade I, about 50 m away (list entry 1187807).7

    2.5% of England's 379,683 list entries are Grade I.20

    Did you know? Shakespeare's Birthplace, listed at Grade I, stands about 50 m from CV37 6QW.

  2. What is the most paid for a home in CV37 6QW?

    £600,000, paid for No. 37 Henley Street, a detached freehold home, on 11 April 2003.21

    That was 2.1 times the Stratford-on-Avon average for a detached home that month (£280,668, UK House Price Index).22

    Did you know? A detached home in CV37 6QW sold for £600,000 in 2003.

  3. What is the oldest dated picture near CV37 6QW on Wikimedia Commons?

    Shakespeare's Birthplace, dated 30 August 1981 on Commons, by Peter Broster (CC BY 2.0), about 30 m away.23

    It is the oldest dated file among the 50 nearest.

    Did you know? The oldest dated picture near CV37 6QW on Wikimedia Commons is from 1981.

  4. What is the largest school near CV37 6QW?

    Stratford Upon Avon School, with 1,935 pupils on the Department for Education's register, about 780 m away.24

    Did you know? The largest school near CV37 6QW is Stratford Upon Avon School, with 1,935 pupils.

  5. Which place near CV37 6QW gets the most readers on Wikipedia?

    New Place had 74,543 views on English Wikipedia in the 12 months to September 2026.2526

    Did you know? New Place, near CV37 6QW, had 74,543 views on English Wikipedia in the 12 months to September 2026.

  6. When was the first building near CV37 6QW listed?

    Stratford Preparatory School was the first to be listed, on 25 January 1951 (list entry 1298546).27

    Did you know? The first building near CV37 6QW to be listed was Stratford Preparatory School, in 1951.

Map

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Prices

4 home sales have been recorded in CV37 6QW since 1995. The latest was a flat or maisonette property sold for £30,000 on 31 October 2005.

DateNo.TypePrice
31 Oct 2005 21 Flat or maisonette £30,000
19 Aug 2005 46 Terraced £38,000
11 Apr 2003 37 Detached £600,000
5 Dec 1995 37 Semi-detached £259,000

Other transactions in the register

Additional entries (sales to companies, repossessions and similar) and non-residential property. They are listed as the register gives them and left out of every figure above.

DateNo.TypePrice
22 May 2026 50 Other property type £1,100,000
11 Jan 2022 41 - 42 Other property type £1,850,000
30 Sep 2015 ST. GREGORY'S HALL Other property type £180,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Addresses as the register gives them; it names no buyer or seller, and neither do we. Search the register.

Schools

Open schools within 1 km, nearest first, from Get Information about Schools. Each links to its entry in that register and to its Ofsted reports.

SchoolPhase and typeDistanceReports
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Ages 4 to 11 Primary, Academy converter 379 m Ofsted
King Edward VI School Ages 11 to 18 Secondary, Academy converter 446 m Ofsted
Stratford Preparatory School Ages 4 to 11 Other independent school 552 m Ofsted
Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School Ages 4 to 11 Primary, Academy sponsor led 558 m Ofsted
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Ages 4 to 11 Primary, Voluntary controlled school 769 m Ofsted
Stratford Upon Avon School Ages 11 to 18 Secondary, Academy converter 777 m Ofsted
Thomas Jolyffe Primary School Ages 4 to 11 Primary, Community school 895 m Ofsted

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools.

Recorded crime

In August 2026, 269 crimes and incidents were recorded by the police within about a mile of CV37 6QW. The largest categories were anti-social behaviour (80), violence and sexual offences (70) and shoplifting (27).

All 13 categories
CategoryRecords
Anti-social behaviour80
Violence and sexual offences70
Shoplifting27
Criminal damage and arson21
Public order20
Other theft14
Burglary10
Vehicle crime10
Robbery6
Other crime5
Drugs3
Bicycle theft2
Theft from the person1

Locations are approximate: police.uk places each record at a nearby anonymous point, so these figures describe the streets around this place as a whole.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: data.police.uk.

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