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An overview of Teignmouth, taken from Shaldon Hill, across the estuary of the river Teign. The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort.

Erroneously known at the time when this photograph was taken as the Druids' Circle, the Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick is dramatically set in an amphitheatre of hills, including Skiddaw

The flatness of the Wolds is interrupted by the hill on which the tiny hamlet of Brigham sits.

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

It reached its height of its prosperity when the copper mines, at the edges of the wild wastes of Bodmin at Caradon Hill, were working at full capacity.

The hills and slopes were soon smothered with retirement bungalows. Bank Street is set back from the front and meets Fore Street at the town square.

The parish pump used to stand on the corner of Grove Hill, just in front of Stansted Park Stores (the polygonal building on the right).

The 120ft tower was completed in 1459; stone for the building was landed at a quay specially built at the bottom of the hill.

minor road through the Coniston Fells.At the time before the coming of the motor car in significant numbers, there were many roads like this in the Lake District, and life continued among the hills

There are no kiosks on the beach, but plenty of guest houses on the hill behind.

Doddington receives many visitors, for Doddington Hall, although privately owned, is often open to the public.

In the distance is the tree-clad hill of Bramber Castle with the stone tooth of its keep.

In Roman times a fort stood on nearby Brough Hill, and a garrison was maintained here from about AD 80 to around the end of the 4th century.

The photographer is standing on Monks Hill, looking down the winding road that leads to the centre of the original village.

Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years.

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.

Eastchurch has always had a link with aviation: the RAF had an aerodrome here, and the Royal Aero Club was based at Stanford Hill – it later became an open prison.

Beyond Bosley Reservoir, the Cloud is the name given to the hill in the distance.

The zigzag paths on what was once known as Capstan Hill were cut in 1894.

In the distance are the trees of Merks Hill - itself a known site of Roman habitation - and on our left is the ribbon development that had started creeping along this road in the 1920s.

There are many memorials in the 400-year-old building to walkers and climbers who have met their deaths on England's highest hills.

In the mid 19th century the wealthy Rev John Lance built himself a large vicarage and replaced the small 15th-century church with one so large that it was nicknamed the 'Cathedral of the Blackdown Hills

Legend relates that the original site for the priory church was on the nearby St Catherine's Hill, a splendid view- point overlooking the town.

The tower on Conygar Hill was built in 1775 and gives a grand view across the bay.