Chipping Campden · The Cotswolds
The Wool Town's Trading Floor
Find the 400-year-old building that once weighed the whole town's cheese.
- ⏱ 18 min
- 💷 £0
- 🥾 Easy
Chipping Campden's Market Hall was built in 1627 for trading cheese, butter and local produce, paid for by a wealthy wool merchant. It's still standing on its original stone pillars, open on all sides, in the middle of one of the best-preserved high streets in England.
What you’ll do
- 1Head to the High Street
- 2Find the Market Hall
- 3Prove it
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Photo: Mick, CC BY-SA 2.0
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