Castle Combe (once voted prettiest village in England)
If you love a proper English village, Castle Combe is as good as it gets. Hidden in Wiltshire, walk along the main street to see honey-coloured cottages, all built from Cotswold stone. These houses date back centuries, with thick stone walls and steep roofs.
This village has strict laws to preserve it from modern ugliness! Banned things include street lights, aerials and large new-built homes. It features one of the oldest working clocks in England, yet has no face, as medieval workers only needed to listen to the chimes, to know what the time was.
Today, the village is only home to around 50 people in the centre, with over 100 buildings having Grade II historic listing status, and most buildings are several centuries old.
