Ilam, a village in the Peak District, has been dubbed Britain’s most ‘eccentric’ and looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

Situated on the banks of the River Manifold in Staffordshire, Ilam was recorded as having a population of just 402 in 2011. Its most iconic landmark is the Grade II listed neo-Gothic Ilam Hall, a stately home built in the 1820s, which was partly demolished in the 1920s.

Today, Ilam Hall serves as a YHA youth hostel and the land around it is owned by the