QUIET VILLAGE IS FIRM FAVOURITE OF A-LISTERS

A BRIT BEVERLY HILLS

- BY SASKIA ROWLANDS

WELCOME to Britain's Beverly Hills - where the hum of private jets fills the air and a single sausage roll will set you back £8.

The tiny chocolate box village of Great Tew in Oxfordshire has just 156 residents and is served by one pub and a small café.

But in recent years, famous names have arrived in their droves, with everyone from the Beckhams and Simon Cowell to US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres calling it home.

And hundreds descended on the local church last month to watch the late tech billionaire Steve Jobs' daughter Eve, 27, wed Olympic showjumper Harry Charles, 26.

The newfound popularity of Great Tew - which has more thatched cottages per square mile than anywhere else in the country - has sent house prices skyrocketing, with a simple three-bed in the OX7 postcode now fetching at least £2.5million.

Villagers reckon celebrities are drawn to the peace and quiet, but fear the parish will buckle under the strain.

One says: "We're overrun. People come here to celebrity spot.