The cottage where Shakepeare's wife spent her childhood.
Discover where the young William Shakespeare courted his future bride Anne Hathaway at her family home.
This world famous building, believed to be the place where the young William Shakespeare wooed his older bride, was constructed as a simple two-room building in 1463, and later extended. It was home to Hathaway and her family before she married the playwright, and the magnificent property retained those family connections until as late as 1911.
Discover where the young William Shakespeare courted his future bride Anne Hathaway at her picturesque family home. Enjoy beautiful gardens in Stratford upon Avon. Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a thatched farmhouse with stunning grounds and gardens, which overflow with fragrant blooms and traditional shrubs.The cottage is in Shottery, a hamlet within the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is just over one mile from the town centre and can be accessed via a pleasant, well sign-posted footpath. See for yourself the many original items of family furniture, including the Hathaway Bed, dating from Anne's time and take in the beauty and tranquillity of the charming cottage gardens.
