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This swing bridge was built at the turn of the 19th century, when the village possessed twelve pubs with nautical names such as The Jolly Sailor, The Anchor and The Ferry.

Martham is one of the prettiest villages of east Norfolk, with its large green and village pond.

Parked cars fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills.

This village lies just to the north of Market Weighton. Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

Looking over the village pond we see on the right a building with a black door and shutter.

Broadway is a tempting village for tourists today, full of antique and craft shops.

Some of the best houses in Feckenham are clustered around the village green, or the Square, though only glimpses are revealed here.

However, the small village shop extension has disappeared. The Harborough bus is about to set off for Kibworth Harcourt, the neighbouring village, and two fine old family cars stand in the road.

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys. Rievaulx Abbey also farmed some 43 acres of land near the village.

There could not be anywhere more northern-sounding than Mytholmroyd, the woollen village crammed into the bottom of the Calder Valley west of Halifax.

The village of Hutton-le-Hole lies about one mile west of Lastingham.

Close to the village, medieval ridge and furrow cultivation has been preserved in its meadows and closes, and on its western edge the back lanes seem to be in an unusually complete state.

Children at play in the village of Chilworth, outside Southampton.

Children at play in the village of Chilworth, outside Southampton.

The centre of the village dates from the restoration and repairs begun in 1752 by Lord Crewe's trustees.

To the south of this small coastal village lies Humphrey Head, which according to legend was the place where the last wolf in England was killed.

This view on the Stainby Road, with the houses on the left fronting onto the High Street, which runs left from the signpost, hardly does justice to this large and attractive village in whose part-Norman

This is a pretty church in a small village to the north east of Melton Mowbray, on what was once a route through to Sproxton.

Mr and Mrs Potts kept the village shop opposite the mill and on the corner of the A34 and Church Lane. In the 1930s, they also sold day licences for fishing in Radnor Mere in Alderley Park.

In the foreground is the village of North Brentor; Christ Church was built in 1856 after it was decided that the long walk to the old church was too much for the poor delicate villagers.

Northfield is frequently described as having retained much of its village character.

Less simple to fathom are some of the village street names. The lane in the centre of the village that crosses the bridge is called 'Bow Wow', while not far off is another named 'Upper Up'.

To the south of the village lies some of the most spectacular downland in Sussex - a popular haunt of walkers and outdoor enthusiasts.

Most of the village lies to the left. The Regent petrol station is the only one between Oakham and Stamford (advertising Navoline Motor Oil ).