TOWARDS the northern border of Worcestershire, on the outskirts of Bromsgrove, lies a village recently named one of the UK's poshest. The village is small - there are no more than a thousand residents. It has no police station, doctors’ surgery, pharmacy, museums, libraries or supermarkets, and at night, there are no streetlights.
Despite this, Dodford with Grafton has been chosen by the Telegraph as one of the UK's poshest villages . I went to find out why. The narrow lanes aren't the easiest to get around on foot (Image: Kieran Williams, Newsquest) The first thing you notice about Dodford are the roads.
They are narrow. There is barely enough room to fit two cars down. The hedges tower over your vehicle as you drive down them.
With the houses set back from the roads, almost concealed, the only break from the great green barriers are the driveways that poke out sporadically. My first stop is the village hall, found in the centre of Dodford. The village was founded in the mid-nineteenth century, and, aside from the cars and telephone poles scattered around the village, much of it looks like it would've during the Victorian times.
The hall, however, is a more recent addition and serves as a venue for all sorts of clubs, as well as the parish council. Dodford village hall (Image: Kieran Williams, Newsquest) As I head for the Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary, a downpour begins. The church opened in the early twentieth century and is now a part of the conservation area th.
