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Our picture shows Arno Park at its best, and showing evidence of the best of care and attention.

still is, though the engines are somehow less utilitarian and more convincingly based on steam locomotives - the best one is 'Ruston' The train now hauls visitors around within the high-fenced zoo park

The River Whitewater rises at Bidden off the Upton Grey road, and here flows north-eastwards through the former deer park. It follows the road to Lodge Farm.

They are still beautiful today, and the park is well tended, but the Council has reluctantly closed the hothouses and outbuildings due to vandalism.

It is interesting to wonder whether the owner of the delivery van parked outside the New Inn was dropping off goods, or indulging in a pint of the excellent local cider?

The park, now Parc Howard, has been laid out for leisure activities with a children's paddling pool, while the mansion has been converted into a museum and refreshment rooms.

A bustling scene in Horsham Park, close to the railway station, with many people having fun in the town's swimming pool which was later enclosed.

The University Park was laid out in 1924 and was immediately a great attraction to Nottingham people. Highfields Lido was opened in the same year and continued in use until 1981.

The closest parked car is an Austin 12 (left).

Queen's Park provided them with an opportunity to escape from the grit and the grime. In the 1960s facilities were upgraded with the construction of a sports stadium and a running track.

Buses parked near the war memorial and the Pillar of Salt (left) belong to the private companies providing rural services.

The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.

A forge was located next to the present Hart until 1958, when it made way for Swans Green Close and the pub's car-park.

Glyn Neath marks the head of the Vale of Neath, and from here one can head off into the spectacular Brecon Beacons National Park and other popular locations.

The park opened in 1911 on land given by Sir Alfred Hickman, a local industrialist. He was one of several notable 19th- century ironmasters in the area.

Even today, open fields are within walking distance of every part of the town. In addition, there are playing fields, commons and parks within the town itself.

It is now an English Heritage property in the Hadleigh Castle Country Park.

The geometric criss-crossing roads, the older buildings and the park with its bandstand give the town a separate identity from other towns in the region.

But the horse and carriage parked outside show there was still a demand from the equestrian trade.

Buxted 'new' village - on the main A272 road - was built in the Victorian era close to the railway by Lord Liverpool, who moved the tenants from the old village in Buxted park.

The garden we see here is now the car park, and the inn building is now somewhat larger. It is much frequented by walkers exploring the Vale of the Otter.

Today, this is Park Lane, almost unchanged except for the inevitable loss of those decorative iron railings.

The houses seen here were demolished in order to widen the road, and some of the land became a car park.

Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner. The premises have since been converted into a private house.