This was a multi-purpose arts space that hosted exhibitions, installations and performances of sound art, while also functioning as a boutique shop and meeting place / information exchange.

The combination of excellent restaurants, boutique shops and pleasing architecture provides a splendid setting.

And the provincial towns are responding in kind, with new theatres, independent cinemas and boutique shops springing up.

These areas are characterised by village hubs, boutique shops and large pre-1920s terraced houses that are often split into flats and maisonettes.

With its unique boutique shops and restaurants, it has had an esoteric chic that maintains its trendy appeal.