Even on a slightly overcast morning in East Leake, people are out walking the streets, nipping into shops and stopping to have a chat. It's a place which has retained its village feel, even if its quite a large one, as everyone seems to know each other.
The village has been ranked second bottom of a list of the best places to live in the UK. In the Garrington's Property Finders Best Places to Live list, the village was ranked 1,371st out of 1,372 areas.
Paul Keay, 61, who is retired, used to work in a garage in the village before eventually moving there. He said: "I'm definitely surprised by that - I think there is something here for everybody. It's certainly no worse than anywhere else - I can think of a lot of worse places near here!
