The 24-year-old crater is just yards away from Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where the Bard was baptised and later buried.<br /><br />The pothole was first spotted in 2000 after an infected tree was felled and the roots dug out.<br /><br />Despite repeated appeals to have the hole repaired, it has remained unfilled and is now a whopping 9ft long.
