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Sweets in Llandrindod Wells: A Spa Town Built o...

Llandrindod Wells grew up around medicinal spring waters first discovered around 1696 and became a Victorian spa once the railway arrived — a genuinely historic Welsh town, just not one...

Sweets in Penicuik: Papermaking Since 1709, and...

Penicuik's first paper mill was established in 1709, and the Cowan family's Valleyfield works later made banknote-quality paper — a genuinely industrious Midlothian town, just not one with a sweet...

Sweets in Shipley: Saltaire's World Heritage Mi...

Saltaire, the Victorian model village by Shipley, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 2001 — a genuinely historic corner of West Yorkshire, just not one with a sweet...

Sweets in Redruth: The Capital of Cornish Minin...

Redruth was the centre of Cornwall's tin and copper mining in the 19th century and sits within a UNESCO World Heritage mining landscape — a genuinely historic town, just not...

Sweets in Harpenden: Home to the World's Oldest...

Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, founded in 1843, is the world's oldest agricultural research station — a genuinely notable Hertfordshire town, just not one with a sweet shop of its own.

Sweets in Pwllheli: The Navy Base That Became W...

Near Pwllheli, the Penychain site opened as HMS Glendower in 1940 and became the first Butlin's in Wales in 1947 — a genuine slice of holiday history, just not a...