Ware is a busy town centre offering many independent shops, high street retailers, pubs and restaurants plus it has its own museum plus Scotts Grotto which is the largest in the UK and Grade I listed.
The mainline station serves London Liverpool Street and there are excellent road links. Ware is surrounded by beautiful countryside and benefits from the River Lee running through the centre of the town providing excellent walking and cycling paths.
Ware has been occupied since c.4000BC and had a large Roman settlement, Ware was mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086 known then as Waras due to its many natural weirs along with the River Lee. Ware was an important coaching stop on the Old North Road, Inns were established along the High Street.
The Great Bed of Ware, cited by Shakespeare and other playwrights, was housed in a succession of Ware inns. In the 17th century, the New River was constructed to take freshwater into London. By the end of the 19th century, the malt making industry was joined by two others being a bottling plant belonging to the Wickham family which later turned into an engineering firm making railcars and Allen & Hanbury’s pharmaceuticals which later merged with GSK.