Mullion, Cornwall

Mullion is what happens when a village decides being the largest on the Lizard is achievement enough and then stops trying, which, in fairness, it is. The place has spent centuries watching ships break up on its cliffs, posting a bloke on an island to shout about fish, and digging up copper that nobody in the rest of Cornwall thought was worth the shovel. Stalin's daughter lived here, which tells you either that it is the last place on earth anyone would look, or that even she wanted a bungalow with a sea view. Bring a coat and a tolerance for wind that has come a very long way to find you.