On the top floor of the RSC theatre in Stratford, the restaurant has an outside balcony, pleasant in fine weather, and with good views. In one direction, two bridges cross the river. Clopton Bridge, the historic start of the London road, seems to get ever busier with constant streams of traffic by day. Tramway Bridge can also get crowded with pedestrian traffic. At such times, cyclists can be a hazard, now joined by speeding electric scooters.
Further round, Bancroft Gardens, an expanse of grassy lawns which can get quite crowded with picknickers as times. Beyond the bottom basin of the Stratford Canal, the main shopping streets of the town are to the left. In the distance, the Welcombe Hills rise.