Why we love Wareham
Every town is unique, but Alan Illingworth discovers that Wareham has a special quality that attracts visitors and inspires loyalty among its residents and traders
Published in December ’20
The Quay
WHEN the invading Danes were rampaging round England in the 9th century, King Alfred ordered a number of towns in the south of the country to be protected by earth walls. Today, those walls survive in any sort of state of preservation in only two places: Wallingford in Oxfordshire and,
more visibly, Wareham.
Fast forward a couple of centuries and the Normans had taken the place …
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