Beaconsfield Old Town also has an attractive high street, the first Michelin-starred Indian chef (Atul Kochhar at Riwaz; riwazrestaurants.co.uk) and, brilliantly, the world’s oldest model village (bekonscot.co.uk)....
Most people in Britain, in cities and large towns especially, frequent their corner shops for little more than a pint of milk or packet of bacon....
Stevenage would be the first town in the country to have a completely pedestrian centre; this was a radical idea at the time (and still is,...