Inside Bridlington’s ‘little Britain’ as owners put it on the market

In a seaside idyll along the coast stands a little Britain in which time has stood almost still for nearly four decades.

The miniature masterpiece known as Bondville encompasses around 200 houses, three churches, a harbour, railway and even a war memorial, all at one-twelfth their expected size.

It is a Trumpton-esque world nestled among an acre of gentle green hills and untouched by coffee bars, mobile phone shops and the other trappings of the modern high street. But as one of Britain’s few remaining model villages is touched up ready to go on the market, that may have to change.