This gloriously beautiful Lincolnshire market town has been the setting for many costume dramas, including the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice, in which it almost outshone Keira Knightley. Star attraction: Cobbled street in the Lincolnshire market town of StamfordOn the bridge over the River Welland, people stop to gaze at a swan guarding cygnets on her nest. Now, nearly nothing remains of the Norman castle or town walls. In 1697, the traveller Celia Fiennes thought Stamford 'as fine a built town all of stone as can be seen.' Stamford and Burghley House are both heavenly.

Source: Daily Mail June 15, 2019 10:41 UTC