The Model Village in Bourton-on-the-Water was devised in the 1930s as a tourist draw. It still is, judging by the number of people in the (larger) village on the cloudy, cool day we visited.

All these pictures are of the 1/9th scale miniatures, even though the plantings make them look amazingly real. It is a model of Bourton-on-the-Water itself, so even the current storefronts and signage is kept up to date.

One small note: in the model village, placed where the model village itself is situated, there is a model village; and in the model, model village there is a model, model, model village, and so on…