Old English villages are the most beautiful in the world. Who else agrees?

This is why we call them gardens rather than 'yards'

It's so well-maintained because any vandals are immediately mulched and used to fertilise the flowerbeds. It's a win-win situation.

They are all sitting in their back gardens sipping tea or more likely slaving away in their gardens, mine consumed most of the weekend, mowing the lawns and trimming the edges, weeding, watering, endless jobs, painting the windows, repairing the outhouse door, you name it, it all takes time. These villages look like this because of centuries and centuries of care and love.

Thatched roofs are a beautiful and ancient way of roofing cottages and houses.

Oh Ryan! So naive and 'merican. You make us appreciate even more what we Brits take for granted, Thank you. ❣

England is full of villages like this, I lived my childhood in such a place.

A stone fence is commonly called a "wall", Tyler.

England is full of villages like this; they're everywhere. Absolutely, people live in these villages - they are not exhibits, but they live a slower pace of life, so people are off doing their own thing, pottering in their gardens or walking in parks. These villages are EXACTLY why people visiting England *NEED* to get outside London - London is not representative of England as a whole. There are nearly always strictly enforced rules about how houses in these villages must look - for example, roofs may need to be local slate instead of say modern tiles, and there may be restrictions on the colours that can be used for any painted surfaces, etc. The roof at 12:00 is called a thatched roof - they're made from straw or reeds and require a specialist to install. They're expensive, but when done right, they last for ages. In many places, if you look closely, you will see animals (dogs, foxes, rabbits, owls, etc.) made of the thatch material somewhere on the roof; these are called finials and are the trademark of the thatcher that completed the work.

This German couple are lovely. They make such gorgeous videos of the UK. Villagers are probably at work or indoors.

It's about time people ventured out and visited the rest of the UK, rather then just going to London. Many places like this in England, Scotland and Wales, such as Beddgelert in Wales.

We have recently moved to the UK from South Africa, It really is like living in a storybook. We live in Amesbury which is one of the oldest inhabited places in England, the villages are so beautiful, the roof that you were amazed by thatch. England is very green because it rains so much. but it is so amazing, you should come visit sometime!

The 'stone fence' is just a wall, Tyler.

The villages are all inhabited. There is nothing on earth like an English/British village. Some of them are so beautiful it is hard not to become emotional when visiting them. The roofs you were confused by are called thatched roofs. They are crafted from water reeds, combed wheat or straw. They are made by a thatcher. Thatching is a bit of a dying art. England has the most thatched roofs in the world. Some properties still have their base thatch from 500 years ago.

I lived from the age of 4 until 35 in a very rural Lincolnshire village that was surrounded by a mixture of fields, woodland and soft rolling, green hills. A small river runs through the village and it's a very quiet, peaceful place where there's a slow pace of life and even now, on a nice summer's day my partner and myself will take a short journey from where we now live to the river and feed the ducks and just sit on a bench beneath the weeping willow trees beside the river bank eating an ice cream and breathing in the fresh air. The local parish church is grade one listed and dates back to around 1069.and still holds services to this day. There is literally history all around you right across the UK. Not just in the big cities and towns but even right out in the countryside you can find history wherever you look.

Some of the buildings in the UK are older than the USA, we look after them very well

Stone fence almost killed me, choked on my dinner.

Are there villages like this all over England???? YES, there are! Do people live in these houses? YES, from the top of these British Isles to the bottom and from east to west. YES, TYLER, YES THEY DO.

The roofs that you asked about are made of thatch, which are a range of straw, rushes, or marram grasses that are laid in courses, this is how many houses and cottages were roofed in the past, there are still quite a number of these in the U.K. particularly in villages.

They often have "best garden" competitions in country villages.

Brits are taught how to be cultured, disciplined and respectful and appreciate Ole England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Many years ago I visited southern England... in every village there where baskets around the street lamp poles high up with blooming flowerpots in them. Well maintained by someone with watering them daily! Was talking with one of these mostly elderly gentleman... and you cold see that he was very proud of the work he could provide for the community!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The couple go filming early in the morning before people are out and about to avoid privacy issues, plus gives clear view of the villages

The Cotwolds is an area consisting of very many beautiful and ancient villages.

Yes an orangery was a large greenhouse where fruit was grown. Long before the days of imported fruit.

I was born in a beautiful little village in Northamptonshire. We are very lucky to be surrounded by so much loveliness.

We have green lush plants all the tims cos we have 'rain'. We NEED it !!

Yes people live in the houses. Rich people, looking at most of these. There is no HOA but the local council will have fairly strict planning rules so there are limits on what you can do with it. The plants are optional but a lot of English people are keen gardeners and like that sort of thing.

The 'funny' roof was a thatched roof, made of straw or reeds or other natural dried plants. These provide insulation in addition to being waterproof but have to be replaced every about 30 years by a 'Thatcher'. The shaped trees and bushes are 'topiary', a skill and hobby that can be taught. There are no HOA's in the UK. We have: restrictive covenants (that may be over a limited time), listed building status and village/town committees for say, Britain in bloom competitions. No-one has to pay like in an HOA, but there is control as what you can do to alter your building by English (or the other countries) heritage, the national trust and the local council. Not all places are picturesque eg Slough near Heathrow airport (see Sir John Betjeman's works).

Thatched rooves are mostly made of reeds but they also use straw

There are "thousands" of little villages across England and (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) not just a bunch. Every county has cities, towns, and villages... It is very trendy and desirable to live in a village and commute by car to a large town or city for work especially in the southern-central regions of the UK as the north tends to be more industrial cities but still has beautiful rural small isolated villages. The roofs you asked about are called "thatch" basically straw, different types of grasses woven together to make wet proof roof, they are very traditional and expensive to maintain and keep.

I’ve started to appreciate just how beautiful our countryside is, especially our multitudes of picture perfect villages, by watching the amazed reactions online from people who simply aren’t familiar with them.

An orangery is a greenhouse specifically for growing oranges in the UK where it is normally too cold to grow them.

The Cotswolds is a beautiful area covering several villages and towns and hills in the south west and central England. Characterised by the houses made from a creamy coloured Cotswolds stone.

English country garden is a stye of gardening. Climbing plants grow up buildings usually roses, ivy and wisteria

There are no Home Owner's Associations, but often a strong sense of community in English villages. Especially when families have lived in them for generations and grown up together.

This is why there is a famous song called "English Country Garden". We are known for our beautiful gardens full of bright colourful flowers planted in garden beds, plant pots and hanging baskets. My parents garden is the picture of an English country garden amd they have what we call "Green fingers". Whenever the sun is out you can find them in the harden doing some weeding, mowing the lawn or planting things.

I watch this couple, they are really good. Tyler, stone fences are called walls

Most people visiting England tend to home in on London and other tourists centres and miss out on the countryside which is arguably the best in the world- these villages are pretty typical and could be anywhere in the U.K. as there’s 1000s of them and mostly pretty quiet compared to towns - and most have free access to historical places- sometimes you come across home grown vegetables or fruit in a basket on a wall which you help yourself to and leave a donation in the box next to them ( called an honesty box).

Orangeries were glass houses usually attached to grand houses - so like a very glorified and beautiful greenhouse where you could - yes - grow oranges and other hothouse plants.

You can drive around Norfolk (my home county) and every village has a 700, 800, 900 year old church which is open during the day and deserted, except on Sundays or if there’s a wedding.

I have roses growing on the front of my house and I live in a city. In Uk in the summer, you will see a lot of flowers and greenery everywhere. There are so many villages like this in England everywhere. It does feel like stepping in to the past. I visit a village every so often when I get a bit tired of city life. Almost all my neighbours have hanging flower baskets. We love our flowers and trees. The park 10 minutes walk away from me has a pond, beautiful trees, a huge flower garden and a cafeteria ( the house was built in 1822). The park is absolutely stunning. The park has a parsonage too where you can go and walk through and sit. It’s all free.

Our fishing villages are unique and beautiful too

In the summer, many homes with lovely gardens open them up to the public. Visitors pay a small fee, which is then given to a charity. The strange roof is a thatched roof - mae of reeds. They are usually very old homes, and thatch keeps the house warm and waterproof.

There are MANY HUNDREDS of villages like this in England. True villages. The houses are thatched, from grasses in the fields. They need to be redone every now and then, which is a task, but they look gorgeous! This is the reason England is the most beautiful country to visit.

We went on a charity classic car rally around Northamptonshire recently with friends. Every village we went through was stunning

Tyler, you had me laughing out loud: those really old buildings are still in use, bc why not?

There’s lots of old villages in the UK ! The old houses are usually built from local stone ! The gorgeous Thatched roofing ,have been part of the British landscape for Hundreds of years,as far back as the eighth century AD They can be constructed from water reed ,combed wheat reed or straw ! The climbing rosesIvy, plants ect, probably have been growing on the houses for many years ! Tyler, I think you need to plan a trip to Britain 🇬🇧 just to see it for yourself!

Thanks Tyler, for reminding me to appreciate what we tend to take for granted. But bare in mind, if I came to The US I would be in awe of the differences you guys have.

Vast amounts of England look exactly like this. My village Post Office is a thatched cottage. One of our churches is 500yrs old . It was first mentioned in the Doomsday book 1000yrs ago. It even has Viking history. We're surrounded by beautiful countryside , it's wonderful.

"A stone fence". 🙂🙃Excellent Tyler, you must do more of these..........

I worked for 20 years close to a quintessentially English village called Finchingfield in the North Essex countryside. Thatched houses, a pub near the duck pond, a beautiful church and a windmill

It's not only Americans that might mess up, vandalise, desecrate places like this. Look up Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall, where a couple of vandals cut down the famous tree growing there. But the British character shows up in the outcry against such vandalism, and the way the Police have taken their responsibility seriously in bringing the miscreants to justice. That single tree meant so much to so many people.

The COTSWOLDS is an area of England that has many lovely villages and towns. I live in Northamptonshire and some of our villages are stunning. Northamptonshire has lots of historical homes. It's known as the county of SPIRES AND SQUIRES. I live not far from all these villages. They are, what is known as " sleepy" villages. Quite places ,off the main roads, with very little traffic. The rooves are " THATCHED ROOVES". They are covered in THATCH. Made from straw or reeds. It takes a very skilled THATCHER to repair or recover them. Have you never heard of TOPIARY ? The art of shaping bushes into shapes. This is why we call our outside space THE GARDEN and not THE YARD in the UK ! A mixture of flowers , plants and vegetables. IVY clings to the stonework on the buildings. The roses have to be trained along wires to grow over the doors etc.

These villagers employ gardeners to look after their grounds and surrounding areas. So beautiful. We Brits are taught from a very early age to respect other people, their belongings and the areas where we live.

I walk past a 700 year old church most days and so we do tend to take historical places as a daily part of life. But I do love old architecture. On a 50 mile drive you could pass through 20 villages that all look very similar to this village. We do not have H.O.A. But a lot of villages do have competitions for best gardens and people generally want to make their villages lovely and have a sense of community.

Stone fence lol that's a wall mate

Our villages and smaller, unspoilt towns, are the direct result of a couple of thousand years of History, from , The Roman, Invasion, and Empire , the Germanic influences of the Vikings, followed by the Norman/French invasion, resulting in , huge Castles , being built during the 11th Century. The `strip Farming, the Enclosures, plus the , influences of the then. Land owning super rich , who acquired miles of prime land on which to build, Stately ? Homes…. The villages are where the poorest of labourer’s lived, together with the village craftsmen, the carpenters, smiths, thatchers, wheelwrights , etc etc…. Sadly many villages have lost their shops, pubs , schools and sometimes medieval churches… They’re now lived in by the moneyed class , with the old locals being priced out….

I don't live in a village but I do live in a small seaside town surrounded by countryside in the S. West of England. There are areas of town that have this village feel to them and in summer it's a spectacular place. ♥

These villages are all over the UK, some more beautiful than others. Yes, you can just walk around. I live near one which has a little stream that runs through which my dog loves jumping in for a little paddle.

My home town is in North West England. Its an old town/ village with a parish Anglican church 'St wilfrids' that dates back to 1205ad and its used every day. Its beside a very main road and to us ..... its just a church.😊

Good evening, your channel just this minute turned -up. I was born in from England. I watch this lovely couple, every week, on their channel, you should see all of their content you will love it. They travel all over England, and stay in Castles, also. They moved over from Germany to England over nine years ago. ❤😊😊

My great-great grandparents' late 1700's home is in a small village in the Midlands and still standing and in great repair - even the building that was their stables has been converted to a home. It sold a couple of years ago for 650,000 pounds!

I live in a lovely village we have thatched cottages, a thatched pub and buildings from 14th century, this village dates to the 11th century. Ancient church and plenty of green spaces. Thatch is common here and looks lovely. Tyler you need a ticket to the Uk and have a look around, you need to get out more!

I really loved your reaction to our villages.some villages take part in the uk 's prettiest most well kept village competition .many have quaint very old cottages with thatched straw rooves.They are sometimes referred to as chocolate box cottages as they often featured on boxes of chocolate or fudge especially from Devon or Cornwall . Some still have the old red post boxes called pillar boxes and old red phone booths ,some of the old phone booths have been turned into places where you can pick up or exchange a book .I've even seen one full of eggs and apples and vegetables with an honesty box for payment .we have so many beautiful villages too pretty to describe .

Different places have different styles, have a look at Lavenham in Suffolk, you will see timber framed houses. Most houses were built from locally sourced materials.

Some orangeries have been turned into stunning places to go and enjoy hot or cold drinks ,hold wedding or celebratory events.There is one near a place called Rowlands Castle Close to where I came from .Staunton tea rooms .it's lovely .They have a plant nursery too and a fountain with seating and my daughter held her wedding reception there we had an old fashioned band with banjo violin cello and guitar it was a wonderful warm day in gorgeous surroundings my daughter hired a London bus to pick up all her guests it was great

An orangery or orangerie is a building where orange and other fruit trees/tropical plants are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. Most commonly built next to large older houses from 17-19th Century, but you can have a more modern orangery now if you wanted one.

I like these villages, and also the ones in Norfolk where I grew up - The half flint/half brick style of some house there has a special charm too.

You don't need to "do" anything to get ivy growing all over your house. I fight a never ending battle to get rid of the ivy on mine - it damages the brickwork.

The roof that you wondered about had a thatched roof, made of straw. The Cotswolds is an area not a village. Anyway, it is renowned for its beautiful villages with cottages with thatched roofs.

In small villages, there isn't much going on, so people put a lot of time in to their gardens.

The Cotswolds is a large area in the Midlands in England that covers a lot of towns and villages. Its the name of our villages that amuse most visitors. I live in a village called Hopton Wafers in Shropshire. We have an Orangery that was built a few years ago. Its a bit like a conservatory but with a brickwork base.

We have stuff like this because we have history, and take care of it.

The peninsula she mentioned, on which Hambleton sits, is part of Rutland Water which is a reservoir, and you can walk and cycle round the entire shore in a day, experiencing the scenery and wildlife conservation, and stopping off for ales at various old pubs. It’s a really lovely place to be. If you do manage to make the trip over here, definitely put it on your list!

Most churches in the UK are open to the public, if they are closed there is normally a note on the door where you can pick up the key. The National Trust ie we the people owns over 500 properties across England and Wales, including historic houses, castles, archaeological and industrial monuments, gardens, parks, and nature reserves. It is one of the largest landowners in the United Kingdom, with almost 250,000 hectors of land to yes they are everywhere. Add to this the thousands of properties privately owned. In our villages we often have Open Garden Days where people open up thier gardens to the public for a day to raise money for charity.

Lolol, villages were generally built or grew in rural areas away large towns and cities. The plants and flowers that creep up the walls just do that naturally due to the location of the villages. Life finds a way. One of my family friends parents built their house in a grassy field in the village of Bournville, with cows wandering by them. It was only until years later that the village expanded in size and the city of Birmingham encroached to later absorb the village into the city, that the fields started to disappear. Still, Bournville is very green and full of nature, most obviously in the summer time. It was a nice place to grow up in 😊

I was lucky enough to grow up on the doorstep of the Dartington hall estate in South Devon ... the hall and it's extensive gardens and 'tiltyard' were always open to the public and there is a pub and cinema and plant nursery within it's grounds and nearby cafe and college squash courts, and you could go up there anytime and perhaps take a picnic, drink some beers, kick a ball around ... whatever you wanted as long as you respected the place. When i was young the art/music college was based there which produced a thriving arts and music scene in the nearby town of Totnes, and the Dartington village was very pretty in it's own right and all encompassed by the beautful river Dart. There were also 3 outdoor swimming pools on the estate plus the local village outdoor pool.

Get a clmbing plant..like ivy. Plant it next to your house. Perhaps add a trellis. Trim around your windows. Voila! There you have it..

England lots beautiful villages and nice architecture ❤

Cotsworlds is a massive area of beauty covering 3 counties in the west of England, Northamptonshire is slap bang in the middle of England

A stone 'fence' is called a 'wall'

I follow this couple ..a German couple living in England ..their KZfaq channel is amazing 🤩These villages are all over thousands of them .England .they are so beautiful.

The Cotswolds is possibly the most beautiful part of England. My sis lives there. Gorgeous!

Hambleton Hall is now a 4 star hotel with 17 rooms prices start at around £400 ($500) per night.

10:00 Not just a bunch; they all look like this. Most have grown a bit since the age of these houses and have other housing estates from various times, but every village has old bits that look exactly like this with an old church, the old vicarage where the vicar lived, a few old stone farmhouses that are now occupied by fairly wealthy people, some have an old school. A massive house where the gentry who owned the village used to live. Most of these villages are hundreds of years old.

Tyler - you need to start watching some of the British house buying shows so you can see much more of this. That roof was made of thatch, which is a really old method of roofing. The Cotswolds region is particularly known for the picturesque beauty.

I love travelling, visiting other countries and meeting the people but I will always believe that there are few, if any, who can match my home for beauty and history. As far as I wander, it is always great to come home to England.

When looking for a pub to buy (30 years ago) we considered one in the town of Crewkerne - it was in use as an inn before Columbus discovered America.

I live about a 30min drive from here and it's one of my favourite days out 😀 I shouldn't take it for granted

The roofing you were asking about is called a thatched roof made up of dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches. There is a wikipedia page on it

Kirsten and Yorg do lots of wonderful videos. Well worth a follow

Kristin and Jorge make really good videos of the UK! Check out their ones of Cornwall where I am lucky to live.

"Look at that stone fence, as well", thats called a "wall" my good chap. They are quite common in the UK.

I grew up in a Cambridgeshire village, not too far away from Northamptonshire. The old part has thatched houses, a church, pub and a manor and a little shop. The newer estates were built in the 1960s

The roofs you were asking about are covered in thatch which is special straw, they usually last about 30 yrs before needing replacing, and yes people live in these houses.

North ampton shur rUTland ORange ORangery just like my Conservatory at the back of my house only posher. Cots-wOlds not cozzwolds... It has Floweres and plants growing because we have Gardens not YARDS... It's a Thatched Roof, you employ a Thatcher to thatch your roof with Straw, Rushes or Water reeds. Rather than a Tyler to tile your roof! Topiary, trees, shrubs cut and shaped to delight or annoy your neighbours... We know about how trustworthy Muricans can be, even in a foreign country, watch The Kings Horseguards in Whitehall, London I just can't get the picture out of my mind of Tyler in a dress in a carriage!

The roof is thatch roofing. Typically made from things like straw or water reed.

There are many villages like this in Northamptonshire. This brought back many happy childhood memories for me.

I live in the UK and really appreciate your videos, I think we have a tendency to take what we have for granted. Your enthusiasm for what is just pretty normal for us is refreshing, allowing us to see ourselves with fresh eyes. Thanks…