Explore Stockbridge’s varied independent specialist shops including tea rooms, pubs and restaurants, as well as art galleries, craft and gift shops, clothing specialists, a delicatessen and a traditional butchers. The wide picturesque Stockbridge High Street reflects its early role as part of a drovers road where it was common to see flocks of sheep or herds of cattle being driven through the town on route from Wales. The River Test flows under the high street and you can catch a glimpse of trout, if you are lucky.