Shottery is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 a mile west of Stratford-Upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...

; nowadays, it is considered a part of the town, but it retains the feeling of a distinct village.

History and amenities

The village has a village hall

Village hall

In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local...

, one pub (The Bell Inn) and the Santa Lucia Italian cuisine

Italian cuisine

Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines...

 restaurant

Restaurant

A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...

, opposite the pub, which has now closed. Patsy and Enzo Auricchio ran the restaurant since the early 1990's, gaining a notable reputation across Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

 with many regular celebrity customers - as depicted by the photos and handwritten letters across the restaurant's back wall. There is one secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

, Shottery Girls Grammar

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls is a fully selective girls' grammar school in England situated close to Stratford-upon-Avon.-Admissions:...

, and one primary school, Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School that has been open since the mid-19th century. The school has been threatened with closure numerous times due to local spending cuts, however locals have always managed to raise the funds required to keep the school open. The village shop and Post Office closed in the 1990s and is now a private house.

The local park, Shottery Fields, contains two sub standard football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 pitches and a children's play area. The Fields retain distinctive "ditch and furrow" undulations, marking medieval field systems.

The village has a Rugby Club, Shottery RFC, which is now based at Stratford's Rugby ground, Pearcecroft, on the Loxley Road, south Stratford. The club was founded by the Reverend David Capron, Vicar of St Andrew's church in the 1984. The Club has an excellent reputation both on and off the field of play.

Shottery was the childhood home of Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare)

Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. They were married in 1582. She outlived her husband by seven years...

, William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

's wife, and is the location of the building known as Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Anne Hathaway's Cottage is the former childhood home of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. The house is situated in village of Shottery, Warwickshire, England, and about west of Stratford-upon-Avon....

which is a very popular tourist destination.

External links

• History of Shottery