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The ridge top village of Cliffe was constantly in the news during 2003, when the villagers and other local people fought a vigorous campaign against the government's proposed siting of a new airport

The village is now a faceless sort of place, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.

We are entering the village from Flimwell. On the right, note the people waiting for a bus next to the Village Hall, built in 1921.

The village became Increasingly popular with visitors because of its proximity to Blackpool, but caravans and a holiday camp seem at odds with a village recorded in the Domesday Book.

This intriguing historical fishing village lies between two prominent headlands, Penny Nab and Cowbar Nab. Walk around Staithes, and the past is along every alleyway.

This old manorial village 5 miles north of Sheffield was part of the industrial revolution: it established small craft workshops making nails and parts for the burgeoning factories in Sheffield

Here we see motorists in the village—they are probably touring the area.

Invariably the village shop and post office (left) was the social hub of village life, and Ardingly is no exception.

A little south-west of Witley, the route passes the tile-hung Dog and Pheasant pub on the A286 Haslemere Road; it stands opposite the village cricket ground with the 1923 village hall.

This attractive village at the lower end of the Vale of the Otter was the birthplace in 1552 of Sir Walter Raleigh.

This attractive village at the lower end of the Vale of the Otter was the birthplace in 1552 of Sir Walter Raleigh.

A classic view of a quiet Essex village, taken in high summer in the 1950s. The village stands above the estuary of the River Crouch, about three miles north west of Burnham-on-Crouch.

The Dam is still the popular name for Clowne's reservoir at Harlesthorpe, north of the former coal-mining village.

High walls enclose the water channel, for although the village lies some seven miles from the coast, it is barely above sea-level: the houses lining the river bank have been flooded many times over

This drainage took place when the canals were being cut so that the village sits between two canals (the Bridgewater and the Manchester Ship Canal).

This is where the road between Knutsford and Macclesfield crosses the one from Alderley Edge village to Holmes Chapel.

Sheep safely graze on the village green in Danby, a pretty village on the northern edge of the North York Moors. Note the chapel on the left.

Well off the beaten track and close to the West Sussex border, this village is now more commonly known as Oakwoodhill. It has a delightful old church standing on its own in woodland.

The village has been eclipsed by 20th-century housing developments. However, there is still a good view from the Norman St Margaret's Church.

The village of Aiskew is now almost merged with Bedale. Looking along Storey Terrace, we see in the distance the tower of Bedale's church of St Gregory.

It is difficult to believe that this sleepy little village was once a bustling seaport – there were five alehouses along this street some 400 years ago! But there is no pub here now.

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

This sprawling modern village grew up with the coming of the railway at the junction of the A267 and B2203.

Although actually very old, this is another Medway-side village that was left with a distinctly Victorian appearance by the 19th century building boom, when it was a source of brick earth and also chalk