The Elizabethan Village was a tourist attraction at Bedfordale, Western Australia, created by British engineer Leo Fowler (1923–1992). [1] It was opened in 1977 by Sir Charles Court, the Premier of Western Australia. [2] In 1978 it was awarded the Sir David Brand Award for Tourism. [3]
It comprised facsimiles of several buildings from Stratford-upon-Avon including Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage. [4]
As of April 2022 [update] some of the buildings are still in use as the Last Drop Elizabethan, [5] formerly Elizabethan Village Pub, Cobwebs restaurant and the Leo Fowler function centre. [6] [7]
The village is listed as a category D municipal heritage site by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. [8]
Visitors to Western Australia, can pay their respects in facsimiles of Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage in the Elizabethan Village above Armadale, near Perth.