Category
Villages
British villages β settlements smaller than a town with traditional character: green, church, pub and post office.
8,000 places in this category.
Villages by region
- 1,025 villages in South East England
- 941 villages in East of England
- 905 villages in South West England
- 841 villages in East Midlands
- 570 villages in Scottish Highlands
- 555 villages in West Midlands
- 545 villages in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 511 villages in North West England
- 351 villages in Northern Ireland
- 348 villages in Central Scotland
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Frequently asked questions
- How many villages are in this guide?
- We currently list 8,000 villages across the United Kingdom β every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter β almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls β everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.