Market Towns

Market Towns tend to have the following features
  • Found in a fertile farming area
  • Many services e.g. shops and offices
  • Good transport links - often they are route centres
  • They may be at the site of important bridges. Often mills were built on the river
  • Market places in the town centre; Markets may no longer be held there

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An example of a market town is Kelso in the Scottish Borders, which is shown on the map below .

It is similar to the model as it is a bridging point over a river, is in a farming areas and has good transport links.

It is different to the model as it does not have a railway line.

Kelso Map (41 kb)
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Multi Media Mapping.