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Sweets in Ware: Home of the Great Bed of Ware, ...

Ware grew rich on malting and brewing along the River Lea, and its most famous export is the Great Bed of Ware — an enormous 16th-century bed now on display...

Sweets in Bishop Auckland: Home to the Bishops ...

Bishop Auckland grew up around a castle that housed the powerful Bishops of Durham for nine centuries — but the town itself has no dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Belper: Strutt's Mill and a World Her...

Belper's North Mill, rebuilt in 1804 as one of the world's first iron-framed 'fireproof' buildings, sits within the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site — but the town has...

Sweets in Hertford: The County Town of Hertford...

Hertford has been the county town of Hertfordshire since Saxon times, taking its name from the ford across the River Lea, and its castle grounds still sit at the heart...

Sweets in Consett: 140 Years of Steelmaking, an...

Consett grew up around one of the world's great steelworks and had to rebuild after it closed in 1980 — but a dedicated bulk sweet shop was never part of...

Sweets in Hunstanton: The East Coast Town Where...

Hunstanton is one of the few spots on England's east coast that faces west, so the sun sets over the sea rather than rises from it — and its striped...