The Village has a clear and natural centre at the crossroads where High Street, East Street, Speltham Hill and West Street meet. Usually dominated by parked cars nowadays, it’s easy to overlook that the High Street, the first part of East St, Speltham Hill and Upper West Street are somewhat wider than they need to be, indicating that the village centre was an open space for gathering, trade and ceremony.

Visitors are most likely to arrive at this point from either East Street or West Street and they will pass a great variety of homes and buildings from different eras with some modern construction but mainly traditional looking cottages and some grander houses.

There are many listed buildings and at first glance you may think you are looking at a mainly Georgian or Victorian village-scape. Although we can try to imagine a mediaeval version of the village, its history goes back much farther.