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Sweets in Southwell: Home of the Original Braml...

The original Bramley apple tree was grown from a pip planted around 1809 in a Southwell garden, giving its name to Britain's best-known cooking apple.

Sweets in Halesworth: A Market Town Built Aroun...

Halesworth in Suffolk grew up as a small inland port after the River Blyth was made navigable to the town in the 18th century.

Sweets in Billericay: Home of a Mayflower Pilgrim

Billericay was home to Christopher Martin, Treasurer of the 1620 Mayflower voyage, before he sailed to America; he's commemorated with a memorial in the town.

Sweets in Wirksworth: A Lead-Mining Court That ...

Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, built its wealth on lead mining, and its Barmote Court, which governs ancient mining customs in the Derbyshire orefield, still sits today.

Sweets in Eastwood: Birthplace of D.H. Lawrence

Eastwood is the birthplace of novelist D.H. Lawrence, born there in 1885 in a miner's house now preserved as a museum.

Sweets in Southwold: Home to a Lighthouse in th...

Southwold in Suffolk is home to a lighthouse, built in 1890, that stands in the middle of the town rather than on the coast.