With its bustling Market Square and High Street, Winslow combines old world charm with unique attractions. Recognised by King Offa of Mercia as Wineshauue (“Wine’s Mound”) in 792 and by the Domesday Book as Weneslai in 1086, the town is surrounded by famous sites and National Trust properties.
Action for Market Towns and Hidden Britain are working together to help our small towns and rural parishes understand how they can increase visibility and footfall through improved marketing. This workshop helped delegates from towns across the North think about how they could improve the profile of their towns and do it at low cost! Click here [...]
AMT exists for its members’ benefit. So we’re delighted that across a range of key performance indicators, members have rated AMT’s performance as better than ever before. We’ve worked harder than ever on members’ behalf in the last 12 months – and we’re thrilled that members have noticed the difference!
This week’s AMT Town of the Week, St Ives, is a wonderful riverside town, tourist centre and thriving residential community, located on the banks of the river Great Ouse. The town has been a place of importance through the centuries with its Easter fair one of the busiest in England drawing crowds from all over Europe during the 1100s.
The 2012 Action for Market Towns National Awards are a chance for you to shout from the rooftops about the work you are doing in your town and to inspire other towns. Be bold, loud, and proud about your achievements! The awards offer recognition for the innovation and creative ideas which many small towns are [...]
Action for Market Towns has launched its 2012 Action for Market Towns National Awards with a challenge to towns and villages to be “bold, proud, and loud” about what they have achieved.
The AMT Awards have become a recognised quality mark for best practice. At a critical time for town centres and high streets, the awards celebrate the innovation and creative ideas which many small towns are using to survive and to thrive.
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