Explore the house where Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, grew up and experience for yourself the daily routine, skills and crafts the young William would have known from visits to his grandparents in the 1570s. Help with tasks such as skep-making and basket-weaving and 'earn your keep' at Palmer's Farm with traditional chores such as threshing, bread-making, gardening and animal-tending.

Opening times

20 Mar - 29 Oct: 10am - 5pm (daily)

30 Oct - 9 Mar: CLOSED (daily)