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Sweets in Bridgnorth: England's Oldest Inland F...

Bridgnorth's High Town and Low Town are connected by the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, England's oldest and steepest inland funicular — but the town has no dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Sutton-in-Ashfield: A Nottinghamshire...

Sutton-in-Ashfield grew on the back of Nottinghamshire's framework knitting and hosiery trade — a former textile town without a dedicated bulk sweet shop of its own.

Sweets in Skipton: A Medieval Castle at the Gat...

Skipton has held a market since a 1204 charter and its castle survived a three-year Civil War siege — a Dales market town with plenty of history, but no dedicated...

Sweets in Ledbury: A 17th-Century Market House ...

Ledbury's timber-framed Market House has stood on its wooden pillars since the 17th century, and cobbled Church Lane remains one of England's best-preserved medieval streets — but the town has...

Sweets in Ilkley: A Moor Famous Enough to Have ...

Ilkley Moor gave Yorkshire its unofficial anthem, 'On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at', and the spa town below it grew up around Victorian visitors chasing the region's hydrotherapy craze.

Sweets in Retford: A Bassetlaw Market Town, and...

Retford has held market town status since medieval times and remains the centre of the Bassetlaw district — without a dedicated bulk sweet shop of its own.