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East of Camberley, the route moves on to the villages between Bagshot and Guildford along the A322 on the east side of the sandy heathland of the Bagshot Sands; on the map we see army firing

In the last forty or so years, very little has changed in the High Street, although the recently built premises of the Midland Bank (right) has now become a private house.

Here we see another view of the main street. The jaunting car tells of the recent changes, and the lamps tell of a gasworks only waiting to be expanded.

The Stone and Eccleshall roads used to divide in front of the Waggon and Horses public house, but by this time a roundabout had been built to the rear of it, on the left.

At the town centre, then as now, was the Market Square, mostly lying on the east side of the main street.

Some of the streets of Vickerstown were named after renowned people from the recent Boer War (1899-1902).

Canford Manor, not far from Wimborne, dates from the early years of the 19th century, though it stands on the site of an ancient house which once belonged to the Earls of Salisbury.

Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and surviving wife, was born here in 1512; at that time the castle was in the hands of Sir Thomas Parr.

The street was developed during the 1830s as the town grew in response to the construction of the harbour for the export of coal.

King Harold was the founder of Waltham Abbey.

Here we see a closer view of the south porch, displaying carved figures of King Osric and Abbot Serlo on either side of the entrance.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are concerned.

The square is named after the founder of the burgh.

This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors.

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

This, it was claimed, gave the benefit of the health- giving rays of the sun to those sitting behind its protection.Walkers could stand on the roof of the shelter to enjoy the view.

This spot is beloved of tobogganers in the snow and strollers the rest of the year.

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

Chelwood Gate stands at the site of one of the old 'gates' into the medi- eval royal hunting forest of Ashdown.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal and dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.

Warwickshire`s vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well

We have entered the age of the motor car! The village of Trusthorpe is located between Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea, and Trusville was developed after the war.

This group of buildings next to the church was built in the 16th century on the site of a medieval castle. Traces of the motte and the moat are still visible in the garden.