STAMFORD

Long celebrated as one of England’s prettiest places, this historic Lincolnshire town has hundreds of listed buildings

NATASHA FOGES

“If there is a more beautiful town in the whole of England I have yet to see it,” wrote the historian W.G. Hoskins of Stamford. Writers through the ages have waxed lyrical about the Lincolnshire town’s charms, and for location scouts on the hunt for the quintessential English market town for a costume drama, it’s the first port of call. Within moments of arriving, you’ll see why: ‘England’s finest stone town’, as it’s often called, is a captivating pocket of cobbled medieval streets and elegant Georgian townhouses that invites aimless wandering (with frequent stops for all the photo opportunities). Stamford’s history dates back more than 1,000 years, but the core of town is unmistakeably Georgian (hence its starring role in period dramas from Middlemarch to Pride and Prejudice). The town…

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