Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham is the kind of Hampshire market town that treats a supermarket like an invading army and the independent butcher like a war memorial. It keeps the ruins of a bishop's palace that Cromwell knocked down the better part of four centuries ago, and the town has been quietly holding the grudge ever since. The most dramatic thing to happen here lately was the off-licence that had been selling wine since 1617 finally closing its doors, which round here counts as civil unrest.