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A little piece of Walden. Wherever you call home.

WALLED INSAFFRON WALDEN · ESSEX
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Walk the town. Take it home.

Five stops, and what we made from each.

01 / The Market Place

A market since 1141.

Trading in the same square since 1141. We've had some practice. Walk in past the fountain, and find what's worn here.

02 / The Common

Seventeen rings. One way out.

The largest turf maze of its kind in England. Nearly a mile of path, one way in, one way out. Walk it in.

03 / The Castle

Ordered down in 1157.

Raised around 1141, slighted on Henry II's orders. The flint core is still on the mound by the museum. Still here.

04 / The Old Sun · Why Walled In

We didn't invent the joke.

The town's old arms put a saffron crocus inside the castle walls. Saffron walled-in, on the town mace since 1685. The town did the joke. We just took the hint.

05 / The Saffron Fields

Around 200,000 saffron threads.

For a single pound. Picked by hand. The whole town is named after that kind of effort.