Churches

In the 2001 Census, over 80% of the population of Stamford identified themselves as Christian, while under 13% identified themselves as of "no religion".
Stamford has many current or former churches:^[4]

• All Saints' Church at 39 Red Lion Square
• Christ Church, Green Lane
• Stamford and District Community Church worships at Queen Eleanor School, off Green Lane
• Stamford Free Church (Baptist), Kesteven Road
• St George's Church in St George's Square
• St John the Baptist
• St Leonard's Priory
• St Mary's Church on St Mary's Street
• St Mary and St Augustine (Roman Catholic), on Broad Street
• St Martin's Church on High Street, St Martins
• St Michael the Greater, High Street (now converted as shops)
• St Paul’s Church (now the chapel of Stamford School)
• Strict Baptist Chapel, North Street
• Salvation Army, East Street (now demolished; the congregation worships elsewhere)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hillside House, Tinwell Road
• Trinity Methodist, Barn Hill
• United Reformed Church, on Star Lane

Filming location


Filming Pride and Prejudice in September 2004

Broad Street looking east

Television shows

• Middlemarch (1994)
• My Mad Fat Diary (2013 - 2015)

Films

• Pride & Prejudice (2005) - used as the village of Meryton.
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• The Golden Bowl (2000)

Notable residents

• Torben Betts (1968-), playwright, born in Stamford, attended Stamford School from 1979-1986
• Harry Burton (1879-1940) Egyptologist and archaeological photographer
• Sarah Cawood (1972-), television presenter
• David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905-1981), as Lord Burghley, gold-meda