Highlights

A New Dawn for Stamford

“The Georgian town of Stamford has worked hard to protect its heritage, to preserve its leafy appearance and its core of independent shops and businesses. That’s why, when many market towns are suffering, stamford is still thriving…” Georgian rooftops, green open spaces, and a town centre with independent retailers all thriving. It sounds like utopia – albeit an urban utopia – but Stamford is thriving, unlike many other market towns of a similar size. Why? Historically the town’s position on both the Welland and on the Great North Road, latterly the A1, has ensured it has always been in the right place at the right time, able to capitalise on its historic wool trade, then with the demise of the...