Windsor quietly holds its own in surprising ways. This is a place where you can take an international trip – from scouring for the latest in Scandinavian fashion design to tucking into ridiculously good Spanish tapas – without needing to remember your passport. Or indeed step back in time amid vibrant vintage stores and op-shops for fashionable treasures of another era. Yet Windsor is for all treasure hunters; whether you prize a rare graphic novel, an antique Chinese vase or that mid-20^th century French armchair you’ve wanted to take home forever.

On the social side, those who are partial to imbibing are also spoilt for choice. Windsor can do the relaxed drinking haunt thing with the best of them. Places like Hoo Haa, Borsch, Vodka and Tears, Lucky Coq and plenty more of their neighbours have fast become local institutions and should please even the fussiest of barflies (along with all of their friends).