Stilton cheese
Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, which changes name below Melton to the Wreake. The town had a population of 27,158 in the 2011 census, estimated at 27,670 in 2019. It is known for a culinary speciality, the Melton Mowbray pork pie, and as the location of one of six licensed makers of Stilton cheese. – hence its promotion as Britain's "Rural Capital of Food".