Leisure Drives

Explore Shakespeare Country by following one of four leisure drives routes

Shakespeare Country Bookshop

Shakespeare Country runs an extensive online bookshop on Amazon. You can choose from around 100 books and maps covering all aspects of Shakespeare Country, William Shakespeare and the main towns of Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick and the Cotswolds.

Shakespeare Country Bookshop

Lord Leycester Hospital

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, converted the picture-book buildings of the dissolved Warwick Guilds into a retreat for old soldiers and it has continued to serve that purpose until the present day. The Brethren, as the inhabitants are known, attend weekday services in the ancient and beautiful chapel over the town's West Gate, which adjoins their home, and they still wear their blue gowns and flat Tudor hats on ceremonial occasions. The museum of the Queen's Own Hussars is in the Chaplain's Hall. A new knot-garden celebrates the millennium.

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Prices

Adult £4.90, Child : £3.90, Concession : £4.40
Garden only : Small admission charge - (Easter to end of Sept & Bank Holiday Mondays)

Opening details

Season Dates and Opening Hours
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Notes	Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays All year round 10am-5pm (4pm in winter). Brethren's Kitchen restaurant open Easter to October. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.