This year on Shakespeare's 450th birthday, 23rd April, the annual procession was supported by hundreds of devotees from local schools, colleges and churches, national and international societies and organisations, as well as individuals, all wearing sprigs of rosemary for remembrance and carrying bouquets of flowers to lay at his grave. It also featured a very large birthday cake.
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| Band leading the Procession |
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| The huge birthday cake celebrating Shakespeare's 450th birthday |
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| A clergyman in the procession wearing a sprig of rosemary for remembrance |
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| Flowers laid at Shakespeare's grave in Holy Trinity parish church William Shakespeare is buried next to his family in front of the altar, and there is a bust of him on the left wall (see picture). It is thought to have been modeled from a cast of his face taken shortly after his death on 23rd April, 1616, at the exact age 52. |
You can also visit Shakespeare's birthplace and grave at the start of the Shakespeare's Way Trail, or as part of a customised walking tour through Classic Cotswold Towns and along the northern section of the Cotswold Way. Contact us to find out more.
Have a great summer of walks
Anne
