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SHOPPING
ON THE HEART OF WESSEX LINE
Marvellous
Market Towns
 Bradford
on Avon is a beautiful, bustling market town with attractive
streets and buildings centred around the River Avon. There is
a wonderful range of specialist shops offering all kinds of gifts
from antiques, children's toys and clothes, to books, specialist
food and religious icons. And if you need a rest from shopping
there are several excellent cafes offering tea or coffee and cakes
as well as restaurants, pubs and inns. The town also has several
thriving art galleries craft workshops, displaying locally made
wooden and ceramic goods and jewellery.
For more information
visit www.westwiltshire.gov.uk/tourism,
or www.wiltshiretourism.co.uk
, or call the Tourist Information Centre on 01225 865797.
Frome
has a varied selection of specialist shops for anyone looking
for something different for Christmas. Around Catherine Hill and
Cheap Street you can find anything from old clocks to modern computer
games. There are a number of galleries and crafts outlets including
Black Swan Arts with two galleries, three studios and a crafts
shop all under one roof. Craft markets are held every Tuesday
in the Cheese & Grain hall and there are general outdoor markets
on Wednesday and Saturday. Local produce is available at the Farmers
Market on the second Saturday of each month.
Visit www.frometouristinfo.co.uk
and www.mendip.gov.uk/leisure
or call the Tourist Information centre on 01373 467271
 Castle
Cary is a vibrant market town whose winding main street is
bordered by historic buildings made of local golden coloured Ham
stone. The town has an exceptionally good range of specialist
shops including bookshops, antiques, high quality grocers, butchers
and delicatessens. There are also excellent cafes, inns and restaurants.
And the thriving art gallery offers workshops and day schools
as well as regular exhibitions of artists' work.
For more information
about Castle Cary visit South Somerset’s websites on www.visitsouthsomerset.com
or call the Information Centre on 01963 351628
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