Small Towns in Philadelphia & The Countryside 6
Main streets, river towns, canal towns and county seats worth a day trip.
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Chadds Ford
A Brandywine Valley village known for the Wyeth family of painters, the Brandywine Museum of Art and the 1777 Battle of Brandywine.
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Doylestown
The Bucks County seat: a walkable downtown of restaurants, boutiques and antique shops, with Henry Mercer's concrete castle, museum and tile works and the Michener Art Museum a few blocks apart.
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Kennett Square
A walkable small town that calls itself the Mushroom Capital of the World, with restaurants and galleries along State Street and Longwood Gardens just outside.
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New Hope
A riverside arts town across the bridge from Lambertville, with galleries, the Bucks County Playhouse, the canal towpath and a heritage railroad.
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Peddler's Village
A village of shops, restaurants and an inn among landscaped gardens in Lahaska, with seasonal festivals and holiday lights.
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West Chester
The Chester County seat, a handsome college town of brick and green serpentine stone, with a Greek Revival courthouse and a lively downtown of restaurants and shops.
