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The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

Here we see the south Lakeland village from the hill of Charity High, just outside the village.

In this carefully composed picture we see the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.

Madingley is a typical example of an estate village which was remodelled in order to improve the view from the landlord's mansion.

Bunbury has been described as 'a village that the commuter has found but not spoilt', and it has a delightful mixture of buildings of all periods.

The village pond, originally for watering horses, was filled in about 1960 and the area is now a pleasant village green, still with some of the original trees.

Above Lulworth Cove is the village of West Lulworth. Much of the surrounding countryside has been used for military training since World War Two.

In the 17th century James Thistleton left money for building a Free School, and in the 18th century Nicholas Sharples from London gave money to it because he remembered his childhood in the village.

This village lies at the confluence of the River Anton and the Pillhill brook.

The village of Upper Beeding nestles against the hills. Confusingly, Upper Beeding is lower than its namesake Lower Beeding, which lies about 15 miles away near Horsham.

This tiny village of only a few hundred souls comes to life over the Spring Bank Holiday when, since 1974, the village has dressed its Newton Well.

The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

Some villagers from here worked in the corn mill converted to cotton spinning. A great spirit prevailed amongst the mill workers, who particularly enjoyed Christmas parties at the mills.

As with Inveraray Castle, the redevelopment meant the removal of the old village, which in this case had grown up round the Augustinian monastery destroyed in 1599.

Ducks sometimes swim on the river flowing through this charming village, which used to be renowned for truffle hunting.

The small village of Burnt Yates in Nidderdale is graced by this neat little Victorian sandstone church.

Slapton was one of the villages evacuated during the war. Villagers were given only a few days to pack up their belongings and move away.

An idea to rename this village St Bernard's-on-Sea in 1893 failed. The villagers would not accept it, although it was a valiant attempt to turn this Over-Wyre village into a popular watering place.

Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surround- ing Shugborough Hall.

The Village Shop and Post Office serve the village six days a week.

The twin villages of Cawsand and Kingsand nestle into the hills on the west of Cawsand Bay; they were once, like so many Cornish villages, a centre for smugglers.

The village lies at the head of a small creek off the Camel estuary; this narrow lane has become the main road between Wadebridge and Padstow.

This village lies along the Itchen, where many old buildings can be found - the wide river fills one side of the road. Since the 1960s the village has expanded with new estates.

The village of Quernmore is three miles south-east of Lancaster. Quernmore Park Hall lies just over a mile north of the village.