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Our tour along the Chess valley towards Rickmansworth starts on the hills south of the valley in Chesham Bois, originally a scattered village with the church at the north end and more houses along

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal-y-Llyn and Tywyn.

Caterham is in two parts, up the hill where the medieval church is, and Caterham Valley to the east on the valley floor, which grew up when the railway arrived in 1856 - it was in fact a

This is seemingly a quiet place on the Esk Valley that runs down to Whitby, but this bridge was swept away in a flood on 23 July 1930. It was rebuilt in 1992 in the style of the original.

It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.

Stroud lies at the convergence of five valleys, so there is very little flat ground.

Looking west from the chalk hills east of the town, undeveloped to this day, Chesham nestles in the deep-cut valley of the River Chess.

The older parts of Chipstead village are on the chalk ridge above the dry valley some 150 feet below, along which Chipstead Valley Road runs.

From the Racecourse to Tintern up the scenic Wye Valley

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal y Llyn and Tywyn.

The bosky slopes of the Wye valley are particularly clear in this view.

It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.

It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.

This photograph captures the very essence of Ilkley - the moors, the town nestling in the valley and the gentle slopes of Middleton in the distance.

Burnley means 'the place by the river Brun'; the town snuggles in a valley between the rivers Calder and Brun.

Caversham Heights lies to the north of the Thames and began to expand up the valley slopes when Caversham became a fashionable suburb of Reading.

This is a dramatic example of a stratified rock formation apparently teetering on the edge of a precipice and looking out over the valley beyond.

Gilbert White, in his poem 'The Invitation to Selborne', wrote: 'See Selborne spreads her boldest beauties round, The varied valley, and the mountain ground, Wildly majestic!'

Habberley Valley, on the outskirts of town, is popular with locals and tourists alike.

The slopes of the valley create a wonderful feeling of space.

Caversham Heights lies to the north of the Thames and began to expand up the valley slopes when Caversham became a fashionable suburb of Reading.

The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley. The little building is probably not that old — 19th-century seems to be the local consensus.

The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley. The little building is probably not that old — 19th-century seems to be the local consensus.

The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley. The little building is probably not that old — 19th-century seems to be the local consensus.