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The area to the right is Rock Park. Beyond, the elegant town houses that once had rear gardens down to the river can be picked out through the trees.

St Mary's church at Longfleet is seen from the lake in the new Poole Park.

Note the milk lorry loaded with churns parked in Buxton Road, which leads off to the right.

Here we see Maldon’s famous promenade— now Promenade Park—with a fine array of fishing boats; the tower of St Mary’s church, with its landmark little white spire, can be seen in the background.Today

The Petersfield and Selsey gas-works were in Hylton Road; but all that is left on the site of the gas-works, now Tesco's car park, is a regulator valve in a compound next to the pathway into Hylton

In the angle between Long Street and Chapel Lane lies this absolutely classic example of a municipal memorial park.

Originally in Cowholme Meadow, this unofficial dovecote is now within the well-treed riverside walk park.

It is thought to have been named after the regiment billeted in nearby Petworth Park during the Napoleonic Wars.

A rather less likely facility in the same park area is the children's playground, which includes an attractive paddling pool. Water has always had a fascination for the young.

This picture shows the booming town centre—up to 1,400 cars were parked there on a Saturday afternoon.

In 1938, visitors to the beach could park their car at the bottom of the slipway for 6d.

This building is the last remnant of the Tannery, and still stands east of the bridge opposite Greenaway's car park.

The village lies east of Rushton Hall's park. This view looks east, the road curving past the churchyard towards the hipped roofed Thornhill Arms in the distance.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust, grime, noise

The arched gate and the lodges at the entrance to Haigh Park are thought to date from c1840.

The bay is now the site of a vast caravan park, established by Mr Tovell in the 1930s.

The park evolved from plans by John Nash, who in 1811 was working for the Prince Regent to create a residential development in a parkland settiing on former farmland.

The practice of parking a bicycle by leaning it on one pedal against the kerb is rarely seen these days.

The grounds became a park in the Victorian era, and more recently the 18th- century Old Palace has been enlarged to become part of the civic centre.

The operators of Laxey Glen Gardens were among the pioneers of today's leisure and theme parks.

High Curly Hill is a noted viewpoint on Bagshot Heath in the Lightwater Country Park, with a marked trail leading to the hilltop.

In walking country, the village, although undistinguished, is associated by local people with Newton Linford, Bradgate Park and Beacon Hill, or just as being on the back route from Leicester to Shepshed

In 1901 the main road to the south was Park Street. The lane to the right leads to Gosmore, and at the top of the hill in front of us, hidden by the bushes, is the Moorhens public house.

Again in the grounds of Caversham Court, once the Rectory, this view gives some idea of the park's tranquillity, although the trees have been thinned out somewhat since.