Sunday, March 15, 2026

My Village Checklist

 I like to visit pretty villges when I'm walking in the countryside.Here is a list of what I like to see -


An attractive sign as I enter the village. Only a few villges where I live in Doncaster have one however over the boundary in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire nearly every village has a pretty wrought iron sign featuring something unique to that village...I frequently photograph them. Unfortunately most villages in the Peak District don't have one; Eyam does though, but I've never photographed it because it's in a difficult to get to location, dangerous traffic and poor visability. 


A village pond, ducks are optional.

A red phonebox.

A traditional pub, ideally with a beer garden.

A mediaeval church with a lychgate.

Thatched cottages - these are rare locally and in the Peak District - there is a row of them at Baslow Nether End though.


Flowers everywhere in the summer.

A village green.

Cobbled streets.

If possible, a castle, defernsive walls and gates...and a large country house or hall.


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