Ware Escorts

Ware is a small, attractive town of around 18,000 people. The town is situated on the Roman road, Ermine Street and the River Lee runs through the town. When it was occupied by the Romans there was a settlement and foundations of several buildings, including a temple, and two cemeteries and a well-preserved Roman skeleton of a teenage girl have all been found. Back in the Anglo Saxon period weirs were built to stop Vikings from escaping in their longships after a battle near Ware.

Ware was a significant coaching town located on the Old North Road which was less than a day’s travel from London. A new river was constructed in the seventeenth century which became a very important way to bring fresh water to London. England’s first turnpike toll road ran from Wasesmill to Ware. The town flourish between 1400 and 1700 as a coaching town and later the town began to prosper from the production of malt

In the 19th century bargemen who were born in Ware were given the "freedom of the River Thames" which allowed them to avoid paying lock dues. Fresh water and food was being transported and dead bodies during the great plague of 1665-1666 were transported out of London. A local legend claims many bodies were thought to be buried, as the name suggests, at Buryfield, but in fact the name originating before 1666, and was more likely connected to the burial of large numbers of Romans which were previous inhabitants of Ware.

Ware has a fourteenth-century priory and the town is also famous for its many 18th-century riverside gazebo’s, several of which have been restored recently. The town's fascinating past is illustrated at the Ware Museum at The Priory Lodge. One of the museum's future projects is to recreate the famous 'Great Bed of Ware' which is a substantial four-poster bed, dating from Ware's coaching years.

Today there are still many inns and The Old Bulls Head has live music every Saturday night an ideal place to take your London escort to. There is no shortage of accommodation, cafes, restaurants or takeaways. The River Lea provides fishing, pleasure cruising. Ware has a good selection of small shops and boutiques and has a street market every Tuesday in the town centre.

The Ware Festival is held during two weeks of the summer. The festival rounds off perfectly with the 'Rock at the Priory' a one-day open-air Music Festival that grows each year in popularity. It is widely recognized as the best in the district and it falls on the fourth Sunday in July. The event attracts an audience in the region of 3000, with visitors coming from all over. Music-loving volunteers help with staging and lighting, turning Rock in The Priory into the truly professional show. Planning starts months ahead and local bands are asked to send their demos in for consideration. Out of hundreds of hopefuls, twenty or so are chosen to appear in a Showcase to battle it out for a spot at Rock in The Priory.