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This small hamlet, with its modest houses clustered around a village green, was known as 'the dome of Kent' from a crown of beech trees surmounting its position high up on the sandstone ridge overlooking

It is an ideal centre for exploring the Isle of Purbeck, and there is much of interest within the village boundary.

Roughly east of Navenby, where the limestone descends to the flat east of the county, Metheringham is a large village with a mix of stone and brick older houses interspersed with Victorian and later development

In 1831 the Earl of Liverpool removed the old village of Buxted when he enlarged the park to make it more secluded. The house is recorded in 1910 as being in 'a well wooded park of 300 acres'.

The nearby vil- lage of Kingsand still has a stone showing where the boundary used to lie.

The tall, cylindrical keep with its six massive buttresses was built about 1180 by Henry II's half-brother, Hamelin Plantagenet, and still comes as a surprise as you approach this small South Yorkshire village

The village pump is hidden in the long grass in front of the school. Little Paddock of c1600 stands at right angles to the track.

This village is just outside Basingstoke, and at its centre is the pond with its family of ducks. It is here that the annual Christmas carol concert is held every year.

Aysgarth is a tidy little village in central Wensleydale carrying a name which gives away its Norse origins. The war memorial honouring the dead of the two World Wars is seen here in the centre.

In the centre is Clyde House, once the post office, which along with the village store is now to be found in the converted sandstone barn on the left.

The village of Lancaut can just be seen in the top right-hand corner. The woods on the left continue along the top of Piercefield Cliffs.

Cookley is a rather over-grown village overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with

Cookley is a rather over-grown village overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with

Local villagers still make their way to Pershore for their shopping at least once a week.

Without doubt, this is one of Surrey's most picturesque villages, well known for its spectacular Bonfire Night celebrations.

The long bridge over the wide Usk river separates Crickhowell from the neighbouring village of Llangattock.

Loose is situated just south-east of the Medway; it is an unusual village that spills down the hillside towards the valley bottom, and is surrounded by hop and fruit gardens.

Shipbourne is a very attractive open village with a large green. The compact church is Victorian, and was built in 1881 in the Early?English style. Christopher?

The attractive church stands in a wide open space in this pleasant village on the edge of the Weald. In centuries past, Rolvenden was by the sea, but it is now well inland.

This remarkable village has three medieval stone houses, as well as the Norman church whose tower we see in this view.

This village scene is overlooked by the tower and spire of the church, the whole about 100 feet high and providing a landmark for sailors off the Lizard peninsula.

Where the wall stood on the right, the now open space is an attractive riverside garden beside the village hall.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

rebuilt with the benevolent assistance of the Duke of Bedford, a fact that is reflected in the open aspect of its modern layout and the quality of the Georgian facades on the main road through the village