Get ready, Stratford!

Santa will be on his way soon to spread joy and cheer throughout the streets.

Shakespeare Lions elves are busy getting his sleigh prepared

Deck the halls, light up your homes, and prepare for a festive celebration as we welcome the magic of the holiday season. Let the excitement begin!

Walking Routes and Statics 2025

Saturday, 06-Dec  - Tescos - 11am - 3pm - static

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Sunday, 07-Dec - Pen & Parchment   11am - 3pm - static 

 

Monday, 08-Dec - Trinity Mead  - 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

Rear of Co Op/ Milton Road

Right into Yeats Road

Bear left, still Yeats Road

At Junction straight across into Longfellow Road

Bear left at end (still Longfellow Road)

At Junction with Milton Road turn Right into Longfellow Road

Bear left at end still Longfellow Road

Bear Right into Wordsworth Avenue

Right into Austen Road

Left into Congreve Way

Right into Amis Way, follow round left then left

Right to Wordsworth Avenue then Left to Rushbrook Road

Follow road sharp right then left into Azalea Road

Right into Marigold Road

2nd Right into Bluebell Road ( not marked)

Right into Kipling Road

Left into Tennyson Road

Left into Masefield Road

Right into Shelley Road

Right into Byron Road at end T Junction turn Right into Rushbrook Road

Left into Wordsworth Avenue

Right into Betjeman Road

Follow until Junction at end and go Right into Wordsworth Avenue to Co Op and FINISH

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Tuesday,  09-Dec - Loxley  Road  - 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

START: Beginning of Dale Avenue (off Banbury Road)

1st Left into Eton Road. Go past turn to Manor Green

 at T junction… Left into Manor Green, follow round Left again into Eton Road,

 this time at T junction Right (still Eton Road)

 Right into Dale Avenue (Mind the Bumps)

 then Left into Avon Crescent (Mind the Bumps)

 At T junction, Left down  Loxley Road continue then Left into Saxon Close. Proceed to end. 

Turn at end of Close, return to Loxley Road. (Note: Walkers/Elves into Towing Veh) 

 Right into Loxley Road (already covered)

Continue towards end of Loxley Road (only stopping if Children waiting for Santa)

Left into Muntjac Drive. STOP at roundabout then left to end  Turn around at Owl Rise/Skylark Ave.

Return to Loxley Road turn Right return to start (Dale Avenue via Avon Crescent) FINISH

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Wednesday, 10-Dec - Bell/Evesham Road/The Willows - 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

Start The Bell, Shottery -  Santa to be in the Sleigh while there approx 15 mins

Travel down Hathaway Lane (opposite entrance)

Left into Evesham Road

Right into Aintree Road 

Follow road as far as Newmarket Close. Turn around and return along  Aintree Road (Walkers to take path, at end of road, left down Paddock Lane to Evesham Road then Right to Borden Place)

Sleigh to turn Right at Evesham Road then right into Borden Place

Circle the Island in Borden Place

Return to Evesham Road then turn Right then first Left into Brookvale Road

Cross over Shottery Road into The Willows

Turn Right into St.Andrews Crescent following this right round

Turning Left along The Willows again

Turn Right into Shottery Road returning to The Bell . FINISH 

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Thursday, 11-Dec - Tiddington -  5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

Meet on the Village Green off Knights Lane

Continue around the green then Left onto Knights Lane

1st Left to Lawson Avenue at end Left onto Oak Road

Continue on to new houses then follow road left

Complete U development Claude Eliot Way then turn left

Complete U development Scarrots Street

Return to Oak Road visit Houses beyond Lawson Ave

Turn Left into Charlecote Close ( Turn at end) return to Oak Road

Left along Oak Road then Left again into Knights Lane 

At end Left into Townsend Road and continue past Junction with Hamilton Road

Turn around at end of Townsend Road and return to Knights Lane 

Right at Knights Lane Complete Homes from Oak Road to Lawson Ave

FINISH at Green  

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Saturday, 13-Dec - Morrisons    11am - 3pm - static

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Sunday, 14-Dec - Cox's Yard - 11am - 3 pm (times tbc) - static

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Monday, 15-Dec - Birmingham Road - 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

START Birmingham Road Traffic Lights into Buckingham Way

Follow road in loop LEFT into Balmoral Grove

RIGHT into Sandringham Avenue

LEFT into Buckingham Way back to T/Lights on Birmingham Road

Elves cross road into pathway to Squirrel Street await Santas Sleigh at 1 st left junction

Sleigh RIGHT to roundabout 1 st LEFT into Bishopton Lane

LEFT into Squirrel Street to top where Elves should be turn RIGHT to end then right back along Roebuck Road , LEFT into Squirrel Street back to Bishopton Lane.

LEFT along Bishopton Lane LEFT into Barn Lane

LEFT into David Way follow round to right then loop around Farm Close LEFT into Barn Lane to Bishopton Lane

LEFT then along Bishopton Lane then LEFT into Saint Peters Way

Follow Saint Peters Way all the way to Birmingham Road ( quite a long way)

FINISH 

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Tuesday,  16-Dec - Drayton Ave  - 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

Start Foundation House, Mason’s Road 

Finish Junction Shelbourne Road and Bishopton Lane

Left onto Mason’s Road

1st Right into Baker Avenue to end and T junction 

Right into Brookside Road, park outside TIFFIN TAKEAWAY

Left at T junction onto Drayton Ave proceed to SQUIRREL PUB

Pub and shops area

Back down Drayton Ave and Left into Trevelyan Crescent and follow round 

At junction with Drayton Ave turn Right then 1 st Left into Bishops Close

Follow round then Right into Holbrook Road keep Right into Hillside Road.

Left back to Bishops Close and to T junction Left onto Drayton Ave

At end turn Left onto Glebe Road and continue to end ( Do Not turn right into Mount Crescent)

At T Junction by traffic lights Right into Mount Crescent and 1st Left into Shelbourne Road

Follow round to right up to junction with Bishopton Lane FINISH

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Wednesday, 17-Dec - Justins Clopton - 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

Start Yard of Ale Pub Justins Avenue 

Proceed up Justins Avenue Left into Elm Road

Right into Woodlands Road follow round then Left into Justins Avenue

Up hill Left into Clopton Road

Left into Verney Drive follow road sharp right  the Left into Burbage Avenue

Right into Flower Road the Right into Verney Drive(Already covered)

Return to Clopton Road then Left

Right into Swift Road to end 

Right into Blue Cap Road

Left into Blackthorn Road

Left into Birchfield Road

Left into Dugdale Avenue

Left into Dingles Way

To Blue Cap Road and Left (no collecting until past Blackthorn Road)

Left into Clopton Road

Left into Jolyffe Park Road

Right into Talbot Road

Left into Slingates Road

Left into St. Mary’s Road

FINISH at Junction with Fordham Avenue

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Thursday, 18-Dec - Shottery View/Ridgeway - 5.30pm - 7.30pm- walking

Start Bishopton Lane (near Canal) left into Drooper Drive

Follow round to left stay on Drooper Drive (baring Left ) to Bishopton Lane

At round about turn right up Bishopton Lane to end with Ridgeway

Right along Ridgeway then Left into Packhorse Road 

Right into Hillside Close/Hillview

Follow round Left, Left then turn Left(keeping grassy area on left) into Packhorse Road

Right into Packhorse Road to Ridgeway then Right

Right into Alcester Road, Left into Plough Drive

Left into Harrow Lane

Left into Thresher Street follow round to right 

Left at end into Hopper Avenue

Right into West Green Drive

Left at into Hathaway Green Lane to end

FINISH at Hathaway Stores Shop

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Saturday,  20-Dec - Maybird - 11am - 3pm - TBC - static

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Sunday, 21-Dec - Stratford Garden Centre - 11am - 3pm - static

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Monday, 22-Dec - Meon Vale- 5.30pm - 7.30pm - walking

Start  B4632 -towards Clifford Chambers/ Mickleton 

After  4.5 miles ( Campden Road) turn RIGHT into Station Road signed to Long Marston

 LEFT turn into St. Modwen Homes (Willow Way)

Continue to end opposite Show Home RIGHT into Heron Drive

Follow round to right at Junction straight across into Bailey Avenue 

Follow to right (still Bailey Ave) RIGHT into Holly Avenue

LEFT then RIGHT into Chestnut Avenue

 At T Junction with Bailey Avenue all Lions into towing vehicle

RIGHT along Bailey Avenue to Londis Supermarket (Collect at Supermarket )

 LEFT into Wellington Avenue,START RIGHT into Chatham Road

Follow around green on left ( NOT Weston Road Heights) and 1 st RIGHT (Gunduff Road)

RIGHT into Camberley Way then RIGHT (Richborough Road)

RIGHT into Ubique Avenue LEFT into Madras Road

RIGHT into Rochester Close, RIGHT into Rideau Road

LEFT into Ubique Avenue

LEFT into Western Heights Road

LEFT into Macbeth Road to end

RIGHT into Regan Avenue

Follow road round right then right

Stop at T junction Macbeth Road. FINISH

 

Home run left into Macbeth Road, right into Western Heights Road, left into Chatham Road, right into Wellington Avenue to roundabout left to Stratford

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