English village

Countryside small community

An English village is a small rural settlement in England, typically featuring a parish church, a pub, and cottages clustered around a green or main street.

The term evokes a particular image of traditional country life—thatched roofs, stone walls, hedgerows—that has become iconic in literature and tourism: They retired to a quiet English village in the Cotswolds.

Related

war memorials · thatched roofs · parish church · cobblestone streets · stone bridges · medieval churches · hedgerows · cricket matches · Tudor houses · local festivals · Morris dancing · pub · Somerset · post office · red telephone box · folk music · manor house · dry stone wall

Categories
Opposites
settlement size/urbanization

English villagemetropolis

Large important city

major city · megalopolis · London · urban center · city

national/cultural character

English villageFrench village

Small settlement in France

Italian village · Scottish village · Welsh village

landscape/environment type

English villagewilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

untouched nature · desert · jungle · remote wilderness · virgin forest

Family

villa, villager

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G