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This picture is taken at the top of old Harnham Road, looking back down towards the bridge.The cottages on the right are still there today, but much else has changed—and not many people would sit

So frantic has the traffic become, that the second thatched cottage was hit by a lorry twice in one year, losing the corner wall and its thatch.

Undaunted, the villagers rebuilt their cottages further up the cliff. Their view of the turbulent and cruel North Sea is a potent reminder of this vulnerable location.

Its charming cottages witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the English Civil War, and its narrow streets some of the most daring smuggling escapades of recent centuries.

The hilltop church dates back to at least the 14th century, and some of the cottages are of similar antiquity.

The village street curves around the foot of Bindon Hill as it approaches the cove, with the Cove Hotel next to the thatched cottages on the left.

The long line of cottages in Winkle Street overlooks a delightful babbling brook.

The hilltop church dates back to at least the 14th century, and some of the cottages are of similar antiquity.

These 18th-century cottages were built to house farm workers and fishermen when the latter moved up from the shore.

Next door to the White Hart (right) is Monks Cottage (named after Mrs Monk, a former resident), dated 1300.

It has since closed, and is now called Farmers Man Cottage.

The cottages on the right in Grove Road are dated 1794. They have changed very little, and still retain their rough stone frontages.

The row of thatched cottages on the left have been modernised, and look totally different today.

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, with plenty of seating outside for visitors.

The church tower rises above these small weatherboarded and tiled cottages in a side lane off the main High Street.

The cottage next door is part of the Dorfold Hall estate, which lies between Acton and Nantwich amongst the trees beyond.

Its weatherboarded cottages surround its tree lined green. There is also an elegant Regency parade of shops, the Colonnade, situated at the crossroads.

On the high ground between Dover and Canterbury are a number of one-time mining villages; amidst them is the surprisingly attractive hamlet of Frogham, a collection of pretty cottages.

Here the rural charm of the village still exists, complete with duck pond and beautiful flint cottages, some of which date back to the 17th century.

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 the ones opposite, and one part was used as a washhouse.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

Five roads meet at the square, including Church Road, which contains with many beautiful listed cottages. The centre of the village is used to hold the annual May Fair.

Several other farmhouses and cottages in the village have medieval origins.

In the foreground is a pair of cottages with a thatched roof.