Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon is the most English of towns imaginable and the perfect place for a spot of Boxing Day cycling. Light-filled streets, star-topped Christmas trees and the famous year round Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe make the entire town resemble the front of a Christmas card.

A great choice for a family ride, you can follow the Stratford Greenway along a disused railway track for five miles from Long Marston to Stratford-upon-Avon. Completely flat and traffic-free, this is a route that everyone can enjoy before stopping at a classic little tea room or country style pub for one last Christmas-excused treat before the pedal back home.