Now the five retail markets are still held, and a new traditional style market square is being built as part of the new Bull Ring. (BNC)
Mediaeval houses crowd the market square including King John 's Hunting Lodge, a merchant 's town house now open to the public as a museum. (BNC)
Narrow alleys streak out from a market square, gay with canopy stripes, bookshops, boutiques, steamy little tea-shops, all pressed together, closing ranks to thousands of cyclists. (BNC)