The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three million visitors a year from all over the world.

It is likely that the playwright and poet William Shakespeare attended the school between the ages of seven to fourteen.

Sonnet 122 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and first published in 1609.

He has translated English poet William Shakespeare's Hamlet to Kannada.

Written in 1594, Sonnet 126 is one of 154 sonnets by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) is a 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the British playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

The Cottage's front garden is shown on some maps to have been the original site of the church, where it is rumoured that the playwright and poet William Shakespeare may have married Anne Hathaway.

Sonnet 102, which can also be titled "My love is strengthened, though more week in seeming," is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

Sonnet 55 is one of the best and most critically acclaimed sonnets of the 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

Sonnet 125 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.