What is Cittaslow?
Aylsham is the oldest established Cittaslow town in the UK – the only one in England and only one of three in the UK; the other two, Llangollen and Mold, are in Wales. Cittaslow (pronounced “cheetah slow”) is Italian for “Slow Town or City” and is part of a cultural trend known as the Slow Movement, set up in the 1990s by some mellow Italians to help combat the stress of modern life. It aims to preserve the values of our market town to be a quality place to live and thrive by helping create...
