Bancroft Basin – Lucy's Mill Bridge loop from Holy Trinity

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Bancroft Basin – Lucy's Mill Bridge loop from Holy Trinity

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Bancroft Basin – Lucy's Mill Bridge loop from Holy Trinity

01:18

12.6km

40m

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: October 15, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.40 km

Statue of Young William Shakespeare

Highlight • Monument

If you stand in the right place it looks like he is grabbing your bottom hehe

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3.49 km

Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

Highlight • Rest Area

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

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3.52 km

Warwickshire Firefighters Memorial, Bancroft Gardens

Highlight • Monument

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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3.61 km

Tramway Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon

Highlight • River

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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8.81 km

Clopton Bridge and Toll House

Highlight • Bridge

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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8.89 km

Gower Memorial to William Shakespeare

Highlight • Historical Site

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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9.04 km

Bancroft Basin

Highlight • River

10.2 km

Lucy's Mill Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

If you take a walk to the end of the Recreation Ground furthest from the town centre and then carry on over the little bridge over the stream, you will …

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12.6 km

End point

Bus stop

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