Stamford and Burghley

A couple of weeks ago I was driving north on the A1 when I decided to take a break and divert into Stamford. First stop, though, was Burghley.

I blogged briefly about Burghley House on the main Around-England site in January but didn't have a very good photograph to show, so here's another.

Having driven back towards Stamford town centre I parked the car a little distance out and walked to the bridge over the River Welland.

Stamford is a lovely old town full of ancient stone-built houses, shops and churches - especially churches; for a small town centre there seems to be an enormous concentration of church buildings dating back many centuries. Unsurprisingly, maybe, there is also quite a concentration of antique and antiquarian book shops.

Stamford is a very nice place to spend an afternoon, but on this occasion after half and hour or so I had to get back in the car and continue the grind up the A1.