Celebrating 40 years of conservation

Stamford was designated as England’s first Conservation Town in 1967. This confirmed recognition of the town’s qualities over several centuries.

• In the late 17th Century, the traveller Celia Fiennes, said Stamford is 'as fine a built town all of stone as may be seen'.
• Sir Walter Scott claimed the view up to St Mary’s Church was ‘the finest sight on the road between London and Edinburgh’.
• John Betjeman called Stamford 'England's most attractive town'.
• Nicholas Pevsner said: ‘Stamford is the English country market town par excellence'.

This web site was developed as part of Stamford Civic Society's festival celebrating 40 years of Stamford's conservation status.

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