Melton Mowbray the base. Stilton cheese originated near Melton Mowbray, and is still made in the town today. Stilton cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton in Huntingdonshire, where it was marketed to travellers on the Great North Road, though no Stilton was ever made there. Melton Mowbray pork pies are made with a specific "hand-raising" process and recipe. On 4 April 2008 the European Union awarded the Melton Mowbray pork pie Protected Geographical Indication status, following a long-standing application made by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association. As a result of this ruling pies made only within a designated
A607 road the left, where it is crossed by the Jubilee Way. As "Thorpe Road" it passes the small Melton Mowbray Hospital on the right, near the B676 junction, and passes the JET "Brobot Melton Mowbray" garage and a Tesco on the right. It bends to the right, and the road ahead, "Melton Spinney Road", is the exit for Twinlakes Theme Park (in the parish of Waltham and Thorpe Arnold). In Thorpe Arnold (Waltham and Thorpe Arnold parish) it passes the church, then ascends the Leicestershire wolds, passing Melton Mowbray Golf Club on the right. The Waltham transmitting station dominates the view