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The River Teme rises in the Kerry Hills of Radnorshire and flows through 75 miles of beautiful countryside before it meets the River Severn just south of Worcester.

It was on the escarpment of Edge Hill (in the background of this photograph) that Charles I unfurled his standard in 1642 before the first major battle of the Civil War.

William the Conqueror, having beaten and killed the Anglo-Danish King Harold on Senlac Hill in 1066, vowed to found an abbey on the site of the great battle, known as the Battle of Hastings.

The tower at Edge Hill was built in 1750 to commemorate the battle.

The town sits beside a Roman road across which is the hill of Caer Caradoc.

As early as January 1643 a pamphlet had been published titled 'Apparitions and Prodigious Noyses of War and Battels seen on Edge Hill near Keinton in Warwickshire'.

En route to Street, divert to climb to Windmill Hill: here, a splendid monument commemorates the great British admiral, Sir Samuel Hood, who died in 1814.

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

We are looking down to the road, the old Lewes turnpike from the slopes of the South Downs at Offham (pro- nounced 'Oaf-ham') hill; this was the mustering place of De Montfort's unfortunate Londoners

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

Travellers from Taunton to the Quantock Hills usually go by way of Kingston - and a very picturesque route it is.

Today the hall is a centre and retreat for missionaries from around the world.

During the reign of Henry IV, the King's army marched around these hills seeking to bring the Welsh patriot Owain Glyndwr to battle.

Richard Massock's tomb is here – he was a Royalist captured at the Battle of Aughton Common.

This is Botley Hill Farmhouse, which has been a restaurant for a number of years.

At the top of Church Hill we find this Swedish-style church, built in 1902 at a cost of £2678.

The lorry climbing the hill belonged to Grabham's Transport.

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

Eight metres wide and elevated in towns - their 'High' Streets - it was the route that Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) took in AD 60 to her final battle with the Roman Governor of Britain, Suetonius Paulinus

Situated away from major routes, the town has derived its fame from the Battle of 1485, when Henry Tudor, later Henry VII, defeated Richard III on Ambion Hill to its south.

Many places stake a claim to be either the burial place of King Arthur or the site of his last battle. His

Many places stake a claim to be either the burial place of King Arthur or the site of his last battle. His

Perched on a steep hill, the photographer has done justice to this picturesque view just off the Heads of the Valleys Road.

It is close to quiet wooded hills, and to Gwyrch Castle, a battlemented mock castle built in the early 19th century.