About Stamford - The town of Stamford is situated 100 miles north of London, just off the A1, which was the old Great North Road leading to York and Edinburgh. Captured in time by its conservation status this once major wool town has retained much of its old world charm and prosperity. Many of the buildings are constructed from old Lincolnshire limestone, hence the town's distinguished appearance and popularity with tourists and movie directors alike.
Shopping - Much of town centre was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in Georgian or Jacobean style. Stamford is characterized by street after street of timber-framed and stone buildings with little shops tucked down back alleys.
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The Meadows, next to the Welland, is a grassy flood plain and is a popular place to relax in the summer for daytrippers. The main shopping area was pedestrianized in the 1980s.
Things to do - Known as the ‘best stone town in England’ Stamford is a must on any tour. It is architecturally outstanding with numerous medieval buildings as well as fine Georgian streets and squares. Five Churches of the first rank cluster closely together for what has been described as ‘the finest scene between London and Edinburgh’. On the edge of the town lies Burghley House, an unrivalled Elizabethan House. For days out with children see: www.kidsdaysout.co.uk/
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