Lovely posh small town or large village. Recommendations please

[StripyCarpets]

Not even going to pretend I don’t want something twatty, so don’t come at me.
I love a posh little market town. Basically I’m trying to replace Chipping Campden as for various personal reasons we can’t go to the Cotswolds anymore.

Criteria in order:
pretty town which doesn’t hate tourists or visitors.
nice pub or pubs, roaring fire vibe.
upmarket high street
good restaurants and cafes, extra points for an excellent restaurant.
nice deli
high street gallery and antique shop
possible to stay in the town
preferably some nice country walks around the area.
Max two or three hours drive from London.

Many thanks in advance.

Stamford! Prefect and so easy to get to London.

Shrewsbury in Shropshire

Stockbridge Hampshire, already mentioned. I would second.

Lymington if you like the coast/sailing/riding in the New Forest

Rye in East Sussex has the lot plus you get the beach and nature reserve close by.

Corbridge or Hexham, both near me.

Amersham or Rye

Frome or Bridport spring to mind immediately

Yes, I want to know why she’s banned from the Cotswolds, too! Blood feud?

The only place in England where people still wear proper clothes is Cirencester. Especially in Waitrose which is full of men in Tweed Jackets and ties.

Definitely!
Also
Saffron Walden
Lewes
Great Malvern
Rye

If you’re ever prepared to go a bit further, Skipton in Yorkshire would meet your criteria.

Saffron Walden.

Saffron Walden - Essex
Cambridge - good university town, alot there shopping, nightlife, and if too busy for you there are some nice villages on outskirts or close by inc:
Trumpington
Grantchester
St Ives (Cambs) - small riverside town 30/40 mins from Cambridge & Peterborough, 15 mins from Huntingdon. And in radius:
Holywell cum Needingworth
Hemingford Grey
Hemingford Abbotts
Houghton
Godmanchester
Abbots Ripton
Ely (opposite direction)
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

😂

I now want to go to all of these, they sound lovely.

From the SE corner:

Tenterden
Rye
Deal
Whitstable

Tunbridge Wells
Sevenoaks - Knole has beautiful deer

Petersfield (Hampshire)
Midhurst (W Sussex)
Petworth (W Sussex)

There was a festival on - arts and architecture trail with lots of fantastic artists exhibiting in people’s homes throughout the town. My favourite things - nice stuff to look at and having a nosey around posh/cute cottages.

Kerry Mucklowe is that you? She had enemies in Bourton and enemies in Stow..

Baldock, in Hertfordshire.

Tetbury. It is Cotswolds though.

Marlborough is a stunning rural town situated in north-east Wiltshire along the Old Bath Road, the ancient route connecting London to Bath, beside the River Kennet. Last year, its high street was recognised as amongst the nation's finest by Times readers, sitting alongside destinations such as Sherbourne in Dorset, Northallerton in North Yorkshire, and Wells in Somerset.

At least it's not cross the border type of we can’t go to the Cotswolds anymore.

Lots mentioned already but Guilford and Dorking a good compromise.