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The policeman on point duty at the busy junction of the High Street, Eastgate, and Star Hill stands in the seemingly flimsy protection of a small, wheeled cubicle to carry out his duties of directing the

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.

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

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

The air of a monastic undercroft, with its heavy circular columns and chamfered pointed arches, pervades the photograph.

This peaceful scene was taken just off the Middlesbrough to Redcar trunk road, with the buildings of the former Stapylton School in the background on the right.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

A view down the hill towards the fine tower of the Parish Church of St Ia. The first building on the left was a Navigation School at the time.

Tucked away under the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of Middlemarch here in 1871.

THE WATERFALL c1960 This little scene of timber and water gives a feeling of how tranquil the Forest of Feckenham must have been when it covered the hills and vales round about.

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 towards Botney Hill at Little Burstead. The long fields in the distance were filled with houses soon after this picture was taken, with the development of the Basildon Drive estate.

Although best known for its castle, Framlingham's heart is Market Hill, in a town where many of the buildings are in fact made from stones removed from the castle.

Travelling towards Church Hill we come to Brackendale Road; this is a pretty road, with many pine trees. Before the opening of the M3, it used to run right through to the Portsmouth Road.

To exploit the tourist potential of the relatively inaccessible Great Orme, the tram line was opened in 1902.

Fortunately, there is no traffic as the farmer herds his small herd of cows in the middle of the road at the bottom of Town Hill beside the Peterville Inn.

By the mid 1800s Church Stretton had become a holiday resort for people keen on country walking, and many hotels were established to serve this market.

The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.

This superb view of Glyn Neath shows both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.

Gatesgarth is a place name which comes from Old Norse language, as do many in the higher hills of the Lake District. It means 'the pass where the goats go'.

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.

Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.

The pretty village of Bainbridge, centred on its extensive green, stands on the banks of the River Ure (foreground).