Malton is located on the River Derwent, surrounded by the North Yorkshire Moors in one of the most beautiful parts of Yorkshire

Malton is fast becoming known for its excellent food and drink offering and is home to the renowned Food Lovers Festival as well as fantastic restaurants, an excellent selection of food shops and great food and drink producers. For more information please click here.

Historically the town was famous most notably for its Roman history, Charles Dickens association and its strong connection to horse-racing. In Roman times it was one of the most important settlements in the north of England with a strategically important cavalry fort. This equestrian link continues to the present day with Malton’s excellent reputation for breeding and training race horses. Interestingly Charles Dickens was also a regular visitor to Malton and it was here that he based his classic “A Christmas Carol”.

The architecture of the town is a mix of Georgian and Victorian styles although the basements and footings of most buildings are medieval. With its delightful architecture the town has a charming old world feel that includes some 150 listed buildings.

Malton has always been a working market town and that has never been truer than in the present day. There is a regular livestock market, traditional Saturday market and a new Food Lovers Market. The town is filled with charming independent shops as well as some high street favourites and, for shopping ease parking is now free in the Market Place for two hours.

Both the food lovers market and festival place Malton in central position as the northern hub of artisanal and organic produce, as well as being such a pretty and historical market town. (The Foodie Bugle, Nov 2011)