Historic England - W H Auden

He spent his early years in Birmingham, before going to boarding schools in Surrey and Norfolk and then on to Oxford University. He taught at the Downs School near Great Malvern and wrote some of his earliest love poems there. 

Places to visit

York, Yorkshire
Spend an exciting day or more exploring the fascinating city of York, where a plaque marks Auden’s birthplace in Bootham. Amble along narrow cobbled streets like the Shambles; walk around the city walls; gaze in awe at the architecture of the great Minster; step back to Viking times in the Jorvik Viking Centre; sip tea in Betty’s famous Tea Rooms.