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The wall on the left, on which the child is sitting, is known as New Quay, and the flight of steps leads to Victoria Place, built at the same time as the bridge in 1837.

A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.

Two of the village's attractions are the parish church, which is the only one in the country dedicated to St Benedict Biscop, and the cricket ground, which is one of the few walled-in grounds to survive

St Peter's Church is all that remains of the older Winchcombe Abbey, and dates from the 15th century.

The rustic walkway pre- sented visitors with ample opportunities to sit and admire the view, and its width is a reminder, if one was needed, of the thickness of the castle's walls.

Slightly reminiscent of a triumphal arch and a famous landmark in Southampton for 800 years or more, Bargate is an appropriate place to begin a walk along what is left of the city walls.

Behind a dry stone wall All Saints Church sits in the centre of the winding main street of the village.

Here we see the post-1953 sea wall, stepped here to allow access to the beach.

This is not a beautiful scene, but some effort has been put into designing the brick boundary wall, flagpoles and railings.

Terraces of solid Victorian houses overlook the cliffs, with brick walls and wrought iron railings protecting the gardens.

The Edwardian terraces in the foreground, with their bay windows and neat, walled gardens and railings, harmonise with the simpler cottages beyond.

Traitor's Gate can be seen in the river wall to the left. Above it is the spire of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, which had just been restored following Second World War bombing.

This view shows the street furniture of the time; on the right is a gas lamp and on the left sturdy 'spur stones' that were placed at street corners to stop wagon wheels from scraping the walls.

The wall on the left of the picture marks the entrance to the Rothwell House Hotel.

Behind a dry stone wall All Saints' Church sits in the centre of the winding main street of the village.

The north aisle wall was moved when the aisle was widened in 1846, but the Norman arcades remain; they have three bays, with unmoulded arches of simple imposts with slight chamfering.

Totnes became fully walled in 1215.

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

The cottages are outside the line of the old walls, and may not have been subjected to the ban on thatch which followed the fires of the 17th century.

This is not a beautiful scene, but some effort has been put into designing the brick boundary wall, flagpoles and railings.

Roofs fell in, walls collapsed through the weight of smothering ivy, and congregations declined. This neglect would not be tolerated in our own conservation-conscious age.

Sidmouth's sea wall was first built in the 1830s, though attempts to create a satisfactory harbour failed.

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

It is interesting to read the prices advertised beneath the Wall's ice cream 'Stop here and Buy Some' sign outside the café.