Coordinates: 52°01′34″N 0°14′42″E / 52.0262°N 0.2449°E / 52.0262; 0.2449

Saffron Walden is a medium-sized market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located 12 miles (19 km) north of Bishop's Stortford, 15 miles (24 km) south of Cambridge and approx 35 miles (56 km) north of London. The town retains a rural appearance and many very old buildings dating from the medieval period onwards^{[citation needed]} In 2001 the parish had a population of 14,313.

There has been a village on or near the site of present day Saffron Walden since before the Roman occupation of Britain^{[citation needed]} when Bronze and Iron Age tribes settled in the area. After the Romans withdrew from the country, a flourishing Anglo-Saxon town was established^{[citation needed]}.

With the Norman invasion of 1066, a stone church was built. The castle was constructed c.1116^{[citation needed]} A Priory, later to become Walden Abbey, was also founded under the patronage of Geoffrey de Mandeville, first Earl of Essex around 1136. The abbey was separated from the town of Walden by Holywell Field, which was enclosed in the sixteenth century to form part of the park of Audley End, the house of Sir Thomas Audley, who converted the abbey cloisters to a dwelling c. 1538-44^{[citation needed]} The inner or Little Court of the seventeenth-century house corresponds to one of the cloisters.

Joe Harvey (11 June 1918 – February 1989) was an English football player and later manager. He spent much of his career at Newcastle United; he was the club's longest serving captain, manager, and, as of the 2011 – 12 season the last to win a major trophy.

He quickly established himself in Newcastle's youthful side and after an impressive debut against Barnsley was made captain of the side. Before playing for Newcastle Harvey was an established inside forward, at Newcastle he began to settle in the half-back position. At the end of his first season with the club he was demobbed. Partly thanks to his time as a sergeant, he was an authoritative figure amongst the Newcastle players who had the utmost respect for him. However, his time at the club was not without controversy. In the 1946–47 he was memorably suspended by the club's directors, along with team mate Len Shackleton, after going on strike against the quality of accommodation the club had provided the team. Both players were forced to make a public apology for their actions. Harvey was also believed to have been involved in the illegal selling of tickets for the 1952 FA Cup Final, although he was never charged for this.

Nicholas Crane (born 6 May 1954) is an English geographer,explorer, writer and broadcaster. Since 2004, he has written and presented four notable television series for BBC Two: Coast, Great British Journeys, Map Man and Town.

Crane was born in Hastings, East Sussex, but grew up in Norfolk. He attended Wymondham College from 1967 until 1972, then Cambridgeshire College of Arts & Technology (CCAT), a forerunner to Anglia Ruskin University, where he studied geography.

In his youth, he went camping and hiking with his father, and explored Norfolk by bicycle, which gave him his enthusiasm for exploration.

In 1986, he located the pole of inaccessibility for the Eurasia landmass travelling with his cousin Richard; their journey being the subject of the book Journey to the Centre of the Earth. In 1992-3, he embarked on an 18-month solo journey, walking 10000 kilometres from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul. He recounted the trip in his book Clear Waters Rising: A Mountain Walk Across Europe which won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in 1997, and made a television self-documentary of the journey: High Trails to Istanbul (1994).

Daniel Way (born on April 15, 1974, in Portland, Oregon) is a professional skateboarder.

Way's sponsors are Independent trucks, DC Shoes and apparel, and is the owner of Plan B skateboards along with Colin McKay. He has a brother named Damon Way.

In early 2012, a documentary about Danny Way was announced, titled Waiting For Lightning. The film revolves around the many achievements and how he became a skateboarder, leading up to a project he has in Hawaii. The film was accepted into the South by Southwest film festival, receiving good reception. After the festival, a tour was announced that would go to a few locations. It is still yet to be known if there will be more stops added to the tour.

Colin McKay (born August 29, 1975, in Saskatchewan) is a professional skateboarder from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.