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A loop from the Coltishall to Wroxham road can take you down to the delightful small village of Belaugh.

Old documents relating to Whitby refer to the western part of the town as Ruswarp, though the village itself lies about a mile from the town.

In 1794 a very large barracks was built just north of the village; it was used to house militia during the Napoleonic Wars. After the First World War, the barracks were closed and demolished.

A small medieval village with its almshouses of 1847 and school of 1819, it played an important part in the production of the original Red Leicester cheese.

The monks referred to in the village's name are the monks of Canterbury, who were lords of the manor and patrons of the living.

Like Bletchingley, the village is on the greensand ridge which the A25 follows for much of its length.

This is a well-kept Garden of Remembrance in the centre of this large village; next door is the County Library.

Revesby is an estate village, and the Estate Office on is the nearby A153 main road. The village was laid out in the 1850s around a huge green.

Most of these villages had Whitsuntide Walking Days, and Sabden was no exception.

On the right is the busy village store run by the Foxwell family, who only recently gave up the business.

This delightful rambling village acquired its name from the Saxon king Ehta, or Otha's settlement. But nearby Oldbury Hill has traces of Neanderthal hunters and an Iron Age fort on its slopes.

The fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay lies just a few miles to the south of Whitby. Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

The pretty ironstone village, once a market town, descends the lower slopes of the ridge along the Uppingham Road.

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Revesby is an estate village, and the Estate Office on is the nearby A153 main road. The village was laid out in the 1850s around a huge green.

The attractive stone built village stands on high undulating ground some four miles north-east of Oakham.

Next to an 18th century house of some interest, the post office, along with the pub, was the focal point of village life.

To this day, Hurstbourne Tarrant remains the quintessential English village.

The Village 1923 Once back to the A39, continue east, and about a mile west of Minehead, turn left to descend into Bratton, a tucked- away village with an excellent 15th- century manor house,

Here Frith's photographer was looking from the east end of Scott's 1864 bridge towards the ridge descending to the flatter land of Burcott and Berinsfield; the east part of the village

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. At the top of the hill is the mainly 14th-century church of the Holy Trinity.

This is a lovely rural photograph taken in the old village of Wallasey.

The Verneys of Claydon House in Middle Claydon, now a National Trust house, bought Steeple Claydon in 1705 from the Chaloner family, who are commemorated in the village road, Chaloners Hill.

The village sits astride the Roman Fosse Way, but it is attractive no longer: for the last hundred years it has been in all but name a part of North Leicester.