BBC - Town with Nicholas Crane Series 2 (2013) Part 2 Saffon Walden

Nicholas Crane visits towns across the United Kingdom, revisiting the history of urban life in the British Isles. More intimate than a city, towns are where we first learned to be urban. Harbour towns, market towns, island towns, industrial towns: collectively they bind our land together.

Part 2: Saffron Walden

An attractive market town within easy commuting distance of London, Saffron Walden has some of the best preserved medieval architecture in the country. However its heritage is now under threat. Nicholas Crane discovers what gave this town its unique name and how the UK's housing crisis is affecting its future.

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