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Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

The village, on the eastern side of Garsington Hill, to the east of Oxford, boasts many stone-built houses and picturesque cottages.

This area, including the row of cottages, was known as Chapel Close. The new GPO, built in 1954, is on the right.

The shop and cottages have survived the ravages of modernisation.

In earlier times this wild coastline would have been known to the fishermen and smugglers who lived in these pretty thatched cottages.

Coming off the old A604, now the A14, the High Street meanders through Swavesey village for over a mile passing chapels, farm houses, cottages and 19th-century terraces - very little has changed here for

Apart from that, notice the old cottage between the two terraces.

Its tiny towerless church stands sentinel over the cottages, gardens and meadows as it has done for some eight hundred years.

The thatched cottages, fascinating church and wonderful landscapes make Hilton a delightful place to linger.

Beer is not in any sense a holiday resort, though many cottages are to let and there are caravan parks nearby.

Beer is not in any sense a holiday resort, though many cottages are to let and there are caravan parks nearby.

A picture-postcard olde English cottage despite the rather large TV aerial. To the left is a better view of the old school in the churchyard.

The road is now called the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still there today.

The long terrace of cottages is known locally as The Row; it once housed local workers, but it is now holiday homes.

The tallest of the cluster of thatched cottages at the east end of the lane is 18th-century. The lower row is 16th-century and timber-framed.

Stone-built white-washed cottages huddle around the water's edge.

Across the way, a modern shopfront and sun blind contrast with the picturesque assortment of old cottages and the Black Bull pub stretching away into the distance.

Littlebourne is one of the charming little villages in the heart of the orchard country which stretches between Canterbury and Wingham; its cottages present an unusual mixture of architectural styles

A number of attractive old cottages were demolished when the dual carriageway was created. Penn was formerly known as Upper Penn to distinguish it from nearby Lower Penn.

In this delightful rural scene, thatched cottages, sheep dogs and a babe-in-arms conjure up images of an earlier, more peaceful age.

The village pump on the left, by Pump Cottage, is dated 1765 and bears the initials BB. The buildings on the right were outbuildings to those opposite, and one part of them was used as a washhouse.

Lining the street are various charming cottages and houses of character.

Fashionable hotels soon lined the front, with villa residences and smart cottages being erected along the slopes of Sid Vale to cater for a dramatic increase in the resident population.

Littlebourne is one of the charming little villages in the heart of the orchard country which stretches between Canterbury and Wingham; its cottages present an unusual mixture of architectural styles