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The attractive Trenance Gardens were developed in this sheltered valley which emerges near the head of the Gannel.

The fish and chip shop beyond, where it seems customers are heading, is now a hairdressers'. On the right are a series of former shop fronts in both brick and timbered buildings.

The style is classic 1950s: rows of windows are surrounded by stone or concrete projecting jambs, heads and sills, as we can see on the first floor at the left.

The marshes are home to large populations of birds that include wild fowl, little terns, and black-headed gulls.

This is the extremely busy A15 main road heading north to Folkingham, Lincoln and eventually the Humber Bridge and south (the way we are facing) to Market Deeping and Peterborough.

Here, East Street heads towards Fore Street past 1830s stucco terraces. The Claridges London Hotel is now occupied by Waterstones bookshop and Marks and Spencers.

The 1950s saw an increase in day trips, as people who might not have had the money available for holidays could afford the odd day out on the Thames.

The King`s Head pub proudly advertises Tamplins beer (a Brighton- based brewery), together with an RAC badge over the door.

Washington, at the crossroads of two ancient routes, lies at the northern head of a 'wind gap' in the undulating chalk downland of high ridges and dry valleys.

It makes you wonder why the pub sign depicts a lawyer with his decapitated head in his hand. A large number of pubs were closed when the licensing act of 1902 came into force.

The firm's products can be sampled in local pubs, some of which are good examples of 18th- century architecture - The King's Head, for example, with its brightly painted sign that dates from

Here the Burn winds its way through lavender-covered salt marshes to the sea; here the sand dunes stretch away to Holkham in the east and Scolt Head island to the west.

At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.

The doorway is square-headed with Ionic pilasters and two detached Ionic columns.

The pier opened in 1873; it was constructed by Head Wrightson, an engineering firm from nearby Stockton-on-Tees with a national reputation.

Further south, the High Street becomes Brook Street as it heads towards the unromantically named Hog Dyke. To the right are the walls and gate piers of the Methodist Church built in 1874.

Fortunately, it is possible to appreciate all of this river on its near five-mile journey from Lathkill Head Cave until it empties into the river Bradford at Alport: a footpath follows the whole course

The Monsal Head Hotel is a landmark around these parts. After the railway closed, the National Park bought the track bed in 1980 and created the eight-mile-long Monsal Trail.

Situated at the southern end of Filey's long beach, the outcrop of Flamborough Head can be seen in the distance.

A neat Austin 8 is here heading for St Mary Bourne. Joseph Blount from nearby Rookery Farm had a horse called Tinker which could be hired to help carts up Hurstbourne Hill.

In the background is the Milton's Head Hotel, a Victorian public house which seemed to be a fixture until the construction of the Victoria Shopping Centre.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of substantial, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.

The church has many ancient features, including carved heads outside and benches and a pulpit inside.