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The castle has been owned by the Earls of Powys since the early 1800s, and they have always opened it to the public.

At the 'top' end of the Avenue stands Quarry House, built in 1924 for the writer Littleton Powys, designed by his architect brother Albert Powys.

The ivy growth and open windows indicate only one thing throughout Radnor, and indeed, Powys – and that is year-round moisture.

Dinas Powis Tennis Club was founded in 1901, thanks to the generosity of General Lee as Lord of the Manor.

A product of the increasing urbanisation of Dinas Powis at the close of the 19th century, Mill Road preserves the name of the nearby Mill Farm.

Boards advertising sailing times stand outside the pier entrance, and signs advertising Nurton's gardens and nurseries at Eastbrook, Dinas Powis appear above the windows in the kiosk.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

The Usk rises south-west of Trecastle in Powys.

Constructed during the 1880s, Vyrnwy was the first of the massive reservoirs of Powys.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

Before that, it was the site of a castle built before the time of Henry II and held by the Prince of Powys, Owain Cyfeiliog.

The lake in the foreground is used for fishing; it is fed by Wrinstone Brook, which flows through Dinas Powis to join the Cadoxton River.

It has belonged to Denbighshire, Flintshire and Clwyd, but it has recently been nudged out into Powys.

Dinas Powis would thus attract incomers in need of accommodation, and an extensive building plan would rapidly expand the boundaries of the town.

John Wesley himself bore witness to a 'revel' in Dinas Powis on 14 September 1741.

As Pengwern, it was a principal stronghold of the Princes of Powys until the late 8th century, when it fell to the Mercians.

We go north again to the centre of the National Park and the best-known town in Powys.

In the early 1800s it passed to the Powys family, and was finally bought by Southgate Council in 1903.

costs); Newcastle Emlyn (negotia- tions with owner for assurances it will not be used against Parliament); Raglan (extensive demolition, all materials to be sold to best advantage of the State); Powis

It is from its tower that the Great Bell of Bow is still rung on special occasions.

Lincoln's celebrated Stone Bow is the later 15th-century medieval gate into the walled town, above which is the basically Tudor city Guildhall.

This view looks east from the Market Place along the High Street, not the most distinguished in Lincolnshire; however, the Red Cow is a coaching inn with an 18th-century refront to a 17th-century inn and

This view looks east from the Market Place along the High Street, not the most distinguished in Lincolnshire; however, the Red Cow is a coaching inn with an 18th-century refront to a 17th-century inn and

St Mary-le-Bow is thought to occupy the site of the first Saxon church to be built on the peninsula - this is where St Cuthbert's remains were housed when they were first brought to Durham.