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Sweets in Cirencester: Once the Second-Largest ...

As Roman Corinium Dobunnorum, Cirencester was the second-largest settlement in Britain after London — a genuinely historic Cotswolds town, just not one with a sweet shop of its own.

Sweets in Keswick: A 4,500-Year-Old Stone Circl...

Keswick's Castlerigg Stone Circle is probably around 4,500 years old, and the town has made pencils since 1832 — a genuinely historic Lake District town, just not one with a...

Sweets in Larbert: Beside the Carron Ironworks,...

The Carron Company ironworks, founded in 1759 just along the River Carron from Larbert, was the largest in Europe by 1810 — a genuinely industrial Falkirk-area town, just not one...

Sweets in Clitheroe: A Norman Castle Keep on a ...

Clitheroe's 12th-century castle keep is the second smallest surviving stone-built keep in England, perched on a limestone outcrop — a genuinely historic market town, just not one with a sweet...

Sweets in Camborne: Where Trevithick's Steam Ca...

On Christmas Eve 1801, Richard Trevithick's Puffing Devil made the first successful steam locomotive journey up Camborne Hill — a genuinely historic Cornish town, just not one with a sweet...

Sweets in Biggleswade: Vintage Aircraft Next Do...

The Shuttleworth Collection of vintage aircraft and vehicles, founded in 1928, sits at Old Warden near Biggleswade — a genuinely interesting Bedfordshire town to visit, just not one with a...