Historic Market Towns in England

Bridgwater in the county of Somerset
Bridgwater emerged from a village of the Middle Ages to become a prosperous river-port. Later, it became known as the place where Monmouth proclaimed himself King.
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Buckingham in the county of Buckinghamshire
Said to have been founded by 'Bucca' leader of the first Anglo Saxon settlers during the 7th century AD, and declared the county...
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Bungay in the county of Suffolk
Bungay is an attractive historic market town in Suffolk and is situated on the river Waveney in the Norfolk Broads National Park....
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Burford in the county of Oxfordshire
Welcome to Burford - an historical market town in the Oxfordshire part of the Cotswolds. With a character all of its own, and a...
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Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk
Bury St.Edmunds is laid out in accordance with the old medieval formula of a square for god and a square for man.
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Cheadle in the county of Staffordshire
Cheadle has several fine black and white half timbered buildings in the town that date from the 16th-century
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Chesham in the county of Buckinghamshire
Located in the picturesque Chess Valley along the Chiltern hills and surrounded by famland, Chesham is one of Buckinghamshire's...
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Chesterfield in the county of Derbyshire
Chesterfield is an attractive town close to the dramatic peaks of the Peak District National Park. It is well known for its...
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Chipping Campden in the county of Gloucestershire
Immediately appealing, this is certainly one of the most picturesque small towns in the northern reaches of the Cotswolds
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Chipping Norton in the county of Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton lies in the midst of beautiful cotswold countryside and is surrounded by other villages that radiate the glory of traditional honey-coloured cotswold stone Manor Houses and magnificent Churches.
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Cirencester in the county of Gloucestershire
Originally known in Roman times as Corinium Dobunorum, the town of Cirencester in those far off day's was the second largest town in England.
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Cirencester in the county of Gloucestershire
Originally known in Roman times as Corinium Dobunorum, the town of Cirencester in those far off day's was the second largest town in England.
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Clitheroe in the county of Lancashire
Enter the town of Clitheroe and one glimpse of the ruined castle rising above the town, reminds you that this is an ancient place with a long and illustrious history.
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Cockermouth in the county of Cumbria
Cockermouth is ideally placed to be used as a centre for touring the Lake District National Park. It has a High Street seemingly unaltered, and is ringed by some of the finest scenery in England.
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Colchester in the county of Essex
Interestingly, this is England's oldest-recorded town. It has stood on the banks of the River Colne amid fine Essex countryside throughout some of history's most tempestuous times.
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Cricklade in the county of Wiltshire
Lying in the northern reaches of Wiltshire, the historic town of Cricklade has many visual delights.
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Diss in the county of Norfolk
Diss is a beautiful old market town built around the edge of a six acre lake.
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Dorking in the county of Surrey
It is here that romantically Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton said their good byes before Nelson departed for the Battle of Trafalgar in the year 1805.
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Dunstable in the county of Bedfordshire
Henry I gave Dunstable its first "Royal" charter making it a market town, this was at the time he founded the town's Augustinian priory in 1131.
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Dursley in the county of Gloucestershire
Dursley is an ancient place, set in lush greenery to the edge of the Cotswolds in the midst of the beautiful Vale of Berkley, close to the River Severn.
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