Quaint picturesque West Midlands village torn in two by huge 700m HS2 tunnel making life a 'daily nightmare'

Residents have described the hell of living in a village dubbed the "worst-affected" by HS2 - after their small community was carved in half by a 700m tunnel.

Burton Green, in Warwickshire, now lies completely divided by a HS2 construction site (shown in the video) as work continues to build the Burton Green Tunnel in their rural area.

Images show how the works have carved straight through the middle of the picturesque village, making life a "daily nightmare”, according to locals.

Fuming villagers say their homes vibrate due to the loud machinery, while dust and dirt reaches into gardens as the surrounding countryside is destroyed.

Many residents have already moved out of the area and those who have remained have revealed how their lives have been blighted by the works.

When plans were announced for the tunnel, the village was billed as potentially being the worst affected by the controversial high speed rail network.

And five years on, many living in the village, which dates back to the 1500s and has around 600 residents, say that this has come to pass after it was turned into an "eyesore building site".

Grandmother-of-one Eileen Thompson, 77, a retired secretary, has lived in Burton Green for six years.

She said: "It has just been absolutely horrendous from the start. The dust, the dirt, the noise - all the diversions and road closures, it has literally split our village in two.

“There's been all the destruction of the greenery and lots of wildlife displaced. Some people have moved out of the area.