Our two Cultural Districts are designed to be walked! Within each district below you will find not just culture, heritage, history and art, but many walk-in opportunities for shopping and dining and so much more. Want to know what’s happening in the districts? Just click on over to our FIND page and check out the listings.
Here are overviews of the Stonington Village and Mystic Bridge Cultural Districts:
The Stonington Village Cultural District begins at the entrance to the Alpha Avenue viaduct by the ball fields on Trumbull Avenue. The Velvet Mill neighborhood is at the East end, the Fishing Docks and Memorial to the West. Stonington Point to the South offers vistas of the Atlantic Ocean, Rhode Island, New York and Connecticut. In between, so much to see and do!
This walking tour begins and ends at the Lighthouse on Stonington Point, and features the Borough’s many colonial homes and gardens.
The Mystic Bridge Cultural District is anchored by Mystic Seaport Museum to the North, our famous bascule bridge over the Mystic River to the Southwest, and the junction of Denison Avenue (Rt. 27) and Williams Avenue (Rt. 1).
To the Northwest you’ll find this walking tour of the historic Greenmanville area with colonial orchards and pastures, and the foundation and ruins of the Stillman Mansion, an unfinished Gilded Age estate located on the Coogan Farm property.