First ever café at Shakespeare's Birthplace

Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon will be offering food and drink at the world famous heritage site for the first time since the charity was founded in 1847.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust are officially unveiling a new 60-seat fully licensed café overlooking the garden where the trust's own theatre company performs extracts from Shakespeare's works throughout the day. It will be open to the public as well as visitors.

The trust has also re-opened the café at Hall’s Croft in Old Town, introduced a kiosk café at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in Shottery, and extended the café at Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote.

The cafés are part of a programme of ongoing investment in the visitor experience at the five Shakespeare Houses and Gardens, which last year attracted more than 805,000 visits.

New look . . . Hall's Croft's kiosk cafe is open for business where Anna-Marie Owen, acting manager, and James McKellar, cafe supervisor, were pictured earlier in the week.