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Beautiful Town with a great market, loved walking around, the history fantastic and is close to other amenities. Good for parking, lots of places to stop for a couple of hours, plenty of cafes and pubs and near to a country park which was excellent.

I was born in Oundle over sixty years ago and it has not changed too much in that time only the shops have improved and changed hands. However the last bank closed recently and we couldn’t find a link machine but there might have been one in Waitrose. The architecture is lovely and has a long history as the home of a Public school which encompasses the entire town. It is surrounded by the river Nene great for fishing and has a marina and a renowned boat building company Fairline boats. A lovely country park with old gravel pits now filled with water which attracts plenty of wild life. Plenty of places to have coffee and snacks plus a couple of pubs and two hotels/ Inn. Plus farmers markets are held on certain dates in the market square. There is also a wonderful artist and his shop on West Street who paints fantastic paintings of Oundle etc. It has a couple of supermarkets a comprehensive school, a Grammer school and a Public school which encompasses a lot of the town which is now co- educational and was originally founded by the Grocers of London, a very elite school. Overall a nice place to visit.

Oundle is only a small town but there are some useful and very good shops eg. independent bookshop, shoe shop, cookware shop. It is easily accessible for some lovely walks and cycle rides. In the evening it is fairly quiet and it is compact enough to wander around.

Historical market down. There is a map and trail that you can follow giving you info on the buildings. We had lunch in the garden of Dexters Bar & Kitchen which was very good. We had an evening meal in the Talbot Hotel which was lovely. The Barnwell country park is nearby amd is lovely for a stroll around

A picturesque and pleasant small market town, with some good quality independent shops. Not a huge range of dining options, but some atmospheric pubs and good coffee shops. Worth spending a couple of days to explore the town and the surrounding area which has some very picturesque villages.

The town is really a school, most of the buildings are school houses etc, really is different. Many visitors may be there to visit family they have there at the school. Its a good place to use as a base for the surrounding area.