For 500 years, this picturesque small town was an important cloth-making centre (firstly with wool, then worsted). The open market place is surrounded by fine 18th C. buildings. Humphry Repton (1752-1818), the noted landscape gardener is buried at St. Michael's Church. The town holds regular antique auctions.
Open all year. Easter to October, plus February and October half-terms: Monday to Sunday, 1000-1630; Bank Holidays, 1000-1630. November to Easter: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, 1000-1400; closed on Wednesday and Saturday.
