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Its slim spire, set against a backdrop of trees, rises above the broad plain of the River Eden, and is visible for several miles away.

A motor dinghy carries a boatload of adults and children past the pumping mill at Martham Staithe.

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

In this view of the square, coaches are parked in the broad open expanse.

Redcar dates from 1842, since when it has progressed at quite an extraordinary rate, and it certainly owes much to its magnificent sweep of sands.

Here we see that the tide has surged up the River Fowey and has filled the broad, tree-lined River Lerryn.

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

In the foreground a man rows his dinghy, and on the bank another prepares to board his boat, assisted by another man steadying it.

Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.

The massive force of the great flood swept away the lock gates and undermined the foundations.

Here the broad thoroughfare is thronged with carts, cabs and omnibuses.

Filey is a popular coastal resort, and its broad bay runs down from the prominent coastal feature of Filey Brig jutting out into the North Sea.

The neo-Georgian shops and offices, designed by chief architect Louis de Soissons, stand on broad boulevards, with spacious pavements, but the ubiquitous car is already beginning to impose its own demands

At this road junction is the Cuckfield branch of J W Upton (the Haywards Heath furniture store), next to Lloyds Bank (right).

The Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway was a single broad-gauge line, which opened in April 1867, and connected with the Bristol & Exeter Railway at Bedminster.

Walberswick stands at the mouth of the River Blyth just across from the moorings of Southwold, and was once, like so many of these quiet Suffolk coast villages, a thriving port.

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pier Pavilion, which is advertising the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra.

This tiny settlement is set in a remote area of the Broads, where willows and reed beds thrust out into the waters narrowing the passage.

Although the Broad is well wooded, this is a typical quiet creek, fringed with reed, fen sedge, and a multitude of plants which attract birds, butterflies and insects.

This broad road leading into the heart of the town is bounded by 17th- and 18th-century buildings.