The houses are typical of the different kinds to be found in the area with the older ones being of flint and brick and chalk cob with thatched or tiled roofs.

The villages are scattered over the chalklands south of the Hampshire downs, on high land which overlooks the Bourne valley to the north and the remains of Chute Forest to the west.

Tangley has become famous for the devastating fire that consumed its manor house, and resulted in the deaths of MP Michael Colvin and his wife in February 2000.

People have prayed here for centuries and three sarsen stones remain, as possible evidence there was pagan worship there before Christian times.

Tangley offered refreshments and lodging to the drovers, and their flocks in the form of five inns or beer houses, of which two remained until recently – The Fox to the south and The Cricketer's in the centre of the village.