"The genteel market town used to have a reputation for being stuffy, old-fashioned and expensive. "If the traditional High Street is dying, Saffron Walden is reinventing it for the 21st Century." ...

Tucked away in the Uttlessford district of Essex, some 40-something miles from London, lies the often under-appreciated Saffron Walden ... has a thriving high street, and isn't saturated with ...

Saffron Walden in Essex lay on such a well-trodden path, despite its more remote location to the north of the main road from London to Ipswich. Saffron Walden in Essex lay on such a well-trodden ...

Ultimately, Saffron Walden was named the best place to live in the country by the Sunday Times for the way it is "reinventing" the high street. The paper's judges said: "The genteel market town ...