Dodwell Park

Nearby attractions and activities

To Stratford-upon-Avon first: see what the big deal is by catching a Royal Shakespeare Company play before a trip around town to the Shakespeare attractions; buy a Shakespeare Five House Pass to see Hall's Croft, Mary Arden's Farm, Nash's House and New Place and Shakespeare's Grave alongside Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage. Stratford also has a butterfly farm with Europe’s biggest butterfly exhibition, Stratford Racecourse and evenings at Cox’s Yard for live music and more theatre.

There are companies offering cruises along the Avon, but to really save pennies take a trip on the old chain ferry for 20p, which will cruise you across the river for a walk to the butterfly farm, or stay on land and take the mile and a quarter route along the Avon for views of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare’s burial place Holy Trinity Church and the Memorial Theatre Gardens.

Scores of other walks can be had in the Cotswolds, the biggest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England where there are miles’ worth of footpath and bridleways broken up by small villages and market towns; the Cotsworld Way runs 102 miles south from Chipping Campden to Bath and passes many historical houses and churches.

For Cotswold nature spotting and wildlife parks, the kids can chatter at the 500+ birds at Birdland Park and Gardens or meet the peacocks and deer at Prinknash Bird Park. The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Slimbridge has the biggest collection of swans, ducks and geese in the world and has events, arts, talks and wildlife encounters all year round.

After Warwick Castle, families can have a day out at the Ragley Hall Estate to get lost in the 3D maze, or go to Kenilworth Castle with its children’s audio trail covering the history of the castle and the lovelorn Robert Dudley who built it in the sixteenth century to impress Liz One. Kids will probably also like the gizmos at Stratford’s MAD (Mechanical Art and Design) Museum, Hatton Farm Village at Warwick or driving you nuts around the world’s biggest collection of historic British cars at the Heritage Motor Centre, with Land Rover Experience, nature path and children's playground.

Activities near Dodwell Park

Stratford-upon-Avon - Luddington (1.8 miles) Walking

Clifford Chambers - Stratford-upon-Avon (1.9 miles) Walking

Bishopton - Wilmcote (2.0 miles) Walking