It has been described as "so quaint that it makes Bath look like a sprawling metropolis" and a haven of "peaceful tranquility".
The village of Freshford has also just been named in the top 30 places to live in the countryside.
Houses are named rather than numbered in Freshford which dates back to Saxon times and boasts a village school, shop and medieval church.
The traditional rural feel sets it apart and it was praised as a 'tiny Georgian village in the Avon Valley so quaint that it makes Bath look like a sprawling metropolis', by The Times.
"It's got all the key ingredients for a thriving community; a school, a shop and cafe, a pub and all conveniently linked to Bath by a station," said resident Stephen Dawson.
Which is probably why Freshford claimed the 23rd best place to live in the English countryside, listed between Cirencester and Lindfield in Mid-Sussex.
The communty-run village shop and cafe, The Galleries, has become the "social hub" for villagers from Freshford and Lilmpley Stoke after the old stores in both villages were forced to close.
"At the end of the day, it's what communities used to be like and that's what makes it so attractive," Mr Dawson said.
Locals enjoying a drink at The Inn at Freshford were equally full of praise and raised a glass to their idyllic community and the beauty of the surrounding Avon Valley.
"I never knew it existed until I met my boyfriend who lives here," said one customer.
"Now I think it's an absolutely lovely place to live," echoing the sentiments of train passengers on the journey from Bradford on Avon to Bath.
But are villagers concerned at the impact of The Times endorsement?
Mr Dawson admits "there is a potential danger that the secret's been let out of the bag", but many are just flattered by the attention and hope it will be good for business for events such as the village beer festival celebrating the birthday of Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel on April 12.
The Times top 30 list
1) Maldon, Essex
2) Tisbury, Wiltshire
3) Stromness, Orkney Islands
4) Manton, Rutland
5) Fleet, Hampshire
6) Pewsey, Wiltshire
7) Clitheroe, Lancashire
8) Nayland, Suffolk
9) Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
10) Holt, Norfolk
11) Haslemere, Surrey
12) Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire
13) Aviemore, Scottish Highlands
14) Sherborne, Dorset
15) Hovingham, North Yorkshire
16) Ludlow, South Shropshire
17) Thornton Hough, Merseyside
18) North Berwick, East Lothian
19) Beaumaris, Anglesey
20) Wroxham, Norfolk
21) Sidmouth, East Devon
22) Cirencester, Gloucestershire
23) Freshford, Somerset
24) Lindfield, Mid Sussex
25) Sydmoynton, Hampshire
26) Sawston, Cambridgeshire
27) St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
28) Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire
29) Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Eden Valley, Cumbria
30) Enniskillen, Fermanagh Lakelands, N Ireland.
Morwenna Jones
