Travelling on the Shakespeare Express provides an ideal nostalgic highlight for a day for you and your family & friends.  It could even be a highlight of a weekend break in the Midlands in Stratford, Birmingham or a neighbouring town or village. Many of our customers just come for the ride - that in itself is indeed an excellent day out.

This page offers a few suggestions on how you can incorporate a train ride on the Shakespeare Express with other leisure activities. We give you information about other things that you could see or do in conjunction with a trip on our train. A sort of "starter for ten".  We are sure there are many more ideas, and we have been surprised how customers have blended the Shakespeare Express into their leisure day out.

Please note : Vintage Trains makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy of any information on our web pages with respect to third-party attractions etc.  You should check with the appropriate organisations about the availability of their attractions to avoid disappointment. Vintage Trains makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy of any information on any other Web site to which it may be linked.

The official web site for the city is www.beinbirmingham.com. This gives details of attractions and activities you could do whilst you are in the city.  It also gives contacts for Tourist Information. 

The official web site for the Bullring is www.bullring.co.uk. This gives details of this exciting and internationally regarded new shopping complex.

The web site for ThinkTank - the Birmingham Museum of Science & Discovery is www.thinktank.ac.

Our train stewards may be able to assist with some local knowledge