Elizabethan Village, Heritage site with Elizabethan replicas in Bedfordale, Western Australia.
Elizabethan Village is a replica complex of English buildings from Shakespeare's era, built in Bedfordale to recreate architectural styles from that period in detail. Today it operates as the Last Drop Elizabethan establishment, which includes a restaurant called Cobwebs and a function center named after Leo Fowler.
The site was established in 1977 by British engineer Leo Fowler, with the official opening conducted by Western Australian Premier Sir Charles Court. The project brought English architectural traditions to Australia and was later recognized as a heritage site by local authorities.
The site holds facsimiles of buildings from Stratford-upon-Avon, among them Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage. The village opened in 1977 and received the Sir David Brand Award for Tourism in 1978. Since April 2022 the former pub building houses the Last Drop Elizabethan, alongside Cobwebs restaurant and the Leo Fowler function centre.
The complex is easily accessible from Bedfordale and offers both sightseeing and dining options within the same location. Plan to spend time exploring the buildings at a comfortable pace to appreciate the architectural details of the recreations.
The village received the Sir David Brand Award for Tourism in 1978, the year after Premier Charles Court opened it. It is listed as a category D municipal heritage site by the Heritage Council of Western Australia, and Leo Fowler's daughter has recorded a video presentation about how her father created the attraction.
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