East Midlands Tourism

The young Marquis of Waterford and his aristocratic friends descended on Melton Mowbray after a day’s hunt in 1837. Several ales later the young men decided that the town needed a splash of paint and hence the term “to paint the town red” was born. Melton Mowbray is perhaps best known for its pork pie which is available in abundance at the award winning Ye Old Pork Pie Shoppe on Nottingham Street. All details of this bustling market town’s colourful past are captured in the Carnegie Museum.