Brilliant place, bags of character, stayed for 3 nights to do the sights with my son. It's perfect location to walk, yes you can walk everywhere from here, to see all the sights and indulge in the many fantastic life affirming lo-cal ice cream parlours, num num num.
Do bring ear plugs as it can be a bit noisy until late, we slept like logs though so not as bad as you might fear.