Bromley's Market Square is the centre of the town which, until the coming of the railway in 1858 still comprised of only a single street. The Market Charter was granted to Bishop Gandalf by King John in 1205.

The building on the left of this 1903 photo features Skilton's the Butcher. It occupies the site of the Old Bull Inn which was, in the 19th century divided in two between Skilton's the Butcher and Issards Stores. By 1957, it was the site of Caters, one of the first supermarkets in the country.

Directly behind this viewpoint - not in the photo - is Victoria Chambers, a fine building from the 1890s in the Arts & Crafts style with its characteristic Dutch influence. It is built on the site the birthplace of the writer HG Wells, commemorated by the blue plaque.