Vehicles weighing more than seven tonnes regularly drive through Kineton on their way to the Wellesbourne distribution centre, having been guided through the village by satellite navigation systems.

But because the village's roads are so narrow and winding, the lorries frequently take out parts of people's houses and scrape against cars.

Now the Liberal Democrats are calling on the government to ensure satellite navigation systems take account of the size of vehicles before choosing a route.

Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Kenilworth and Southam Nigel Rock said: "It's clear the problem is that the device is not sophisticated enough for these types of vehicles to use.

"We are seeking that their design requires them to recognise the size of vehicles and roads. The Liberal Democrats will be putting pressure in Parliament for some legislation to get through. The way things are at the moment, there is a considerable danger."

Warwickshire county councillor David Booth (Lib Dem, Kineton) supported a campaign led by residents asking the county council to place weight restrictions on roads in the area. He said: "This is a huge problem - the heavy goods vehicles get stuck or cause damage to houses, walls and verges.

"There are other routes used where the vehicles inevitably get stuck or end up doing long reverses out of a narrow road."

Coun Booth would also like to see incentives put into place for freight to travel by rail, canal or pipeline.

Kineton residents Jane and James Morgan have suffered extensive damage to their home, which lies on a particularly narrow stretch of road in Southam Street.

Speaking to the Courier this week, Mrs Morgan said: "It is a national problem and it's tearing all the villages to bits quite hard.

"Putting weight restrictions on lorries is the only way we can solve it but satellite navigation systems tend to exacerbate the problem.

"The government might be able to do something if they have the will, but they have bigger problems on their plate at the moment."

Liberal Democrat shadow transport secretary Norman Baker compiled a list of some of the most dangerous routes used by heavy goods vehicles being directed by satellite navigation devices across the country.

The roads and routes in Warwickshire are:

C35, C51, C52 from A423 to the B4100 Fenny Compton to Northend
C114 from A423 to the B4100 Mollington to Shotteswell
C111 from A423 to the B4100 Mollington to Warmington
C35 from A423 to the B4100 Fenny Compton to Avon Dassett
C69 from A422 to the B4086 via Edgehill
D6429 from A422 to B4086 via Radway
C54, C31 from A422 to B4100 via Kineton to Gaydon
C96 from B4455 (Fosse Way) to B4100 via Lighthorne
D6396 from B4451 (M40 J12) to A423 via Knightcote

Motorways in the UK are marked by an 'M', while the other major routes are classified as A-roads.

B-roads are local routes which are marked on maps and signposts, while C, D and U-roads are the other local routes which are not signposted or marked on maps. They are reference numbers used by the government bodies that maintain roads.