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Spreading back from the River Avon, Stratford's town centre is fairly flat and compact, its mostly modern buildings filling out a simple gridiron just two blocks deep and four blocks long. Running along the northern edge of the centre is Bridge Street , the main thoroughfare lined with shops and chock-a-block with local buses. At its west end, Bridge Street divides into Henley Street, home of the Birthplace Museum , and Wood Street, which leads up to the market place. It also intersects with High Street. This, and its continuation Chapel and Church streets, cuts south to pass most of the old buildings that the town still possesses, most notably Nash's House and, on neighbouring Old Town Street, Hall's Croft . From here, it's a short hop to the charming Holy Trinity Church , where Shakespeare lies buried, and then only a few minutes back along the river past the theatres to the foot of Bridge Street. In itself, this circular walk only takes about fifteen minutes, but it takes all day if you potter around the attractions. In addition, there are two outlying Shakespearean properties, Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Shottery and Mary Arden's House in Wilmcote - though you have to be a really serious sightseer to want to see them all.