With rustic stone buildings, a lively market place and spring blooms, Helmsley in Ryedale is a quintessential English market town. There’s a rare amount of heritage close by, whether it’s …
At 260 metres above sea level Hawes is the highest market town in England. The backdrop for Hawes is Wensleydale, the breathtaking valley of the River Ure, well-known for crumbly …
Opposite Newcastle, Gateshead is a mining and industrial town that has redefined itself early in the 21st century. The Tyne riverside has become a cultural quarter home to Sage Gateshead, …
The market town of Devizes may be small, but packs more than 500 listed buildings. Any visit has to begin with the large, crescent-shaped Market Place, still hosting an outdoor …
“Chippy” for short, Chipping Norton is a classic Cotswold market town, with monuments and houses made from the trademark yellowy limestone. The town has long ties to the woollen trade. …
In the 18th century Daventry, now just off the M1, was a thriving coaching town, but business dried up after the London and Birmingham Railway opened in 1838, bypassing Daventry. …
The well-heeled Georgian town of Buckingham was declared Buckinghamshire’s county town by Alfred the Great as long ago as the 9th century. Buckingham lost that status to Aylesbury in the …
Views don’t get much more beautiful than Burford, framed by the Cotswolds from the top of the High Street. This handsome street is like a timeline of English architecture, from …
After the Industrial Revolution, Bridgwater in the Somerset Levels emerged as a busy inland port, unloading coal from South Wales and exporting the town’s famous bricks and tiles. The West …
Folded into the steep Severn Valley, Bridgnorth is a historic market town with High and Low areas on the valley side. The Low Town is by the river, at the …