Eynsford

Eynsford is the Kent village people describe at London dinner parties right before announcing they're moving, and the asking prices have clearly been listening. It has a ruined castle, a medieval bridge, a ford that drivers splash through for the photograph and a Roman villa down the lane at Lullingstone, all handily placed for the train to Blackfriars. The Romans got here first and built themselves a country retreat within reach of the city; two thousand years later the commuters are doing the same, with worse plumbing and a season ticket.