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This view looks north up Portobello market in Notting Hill's Portobello Road. To the left is Elgin Crescent, and on the right is Colville Terrace.

We are looking from the slopes of Brough Hill, the site of a Roman fort which has been extensively excavated. In the background are the fells of Wensleydale, which still shelter this lovely village.

The main street of Cross Hills in the Aire Valley near Keighley was virtually deserted when the Frith photographer called.

At the bottom of Wells Hill we can see the railway station, which came with the Bath and Bristol line in 1874, succeeding a canal and tramway for carrying coal.

It moved to its present location on the brow of a hill on the Kingsland side of the river in 1882. Among its old boys were Charles Darwin and Judge Jeffreys.

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Pier Hill is busy with pedestrians but they seem untroubled by cars.

The traffic bollards at the junction of Whyteleafe Hill and Hillbury Road have been replaced by a roundabout.

Running from the Market Place to the station and level crossing at the bottom of the hill, Berry Lane leads to today's town centre.

Tucked away in 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

Clovelly hangs on the side of the hill, fringed by luxuriant woodland. Donkeys ply up and down the steep-stepped street, carrying goods on panniers.

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

Helston is pleasantly sited on a hill, above a picturesque valley. It was once a walled settlement with a castle.

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it.

The picturesque village of Buriton stands in the shadow of Butser Hill, and by the pretty, tree-fringed pond lies the church, with its 13th-century tower watching over the tranquil scene.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

The fair on St Giles Hill was one of the largest in Europe, attracting many traders.

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

The fair on St Giles Hill was one of the largest in Europe, attracting many traders.

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

A local legend says that the church was to have been built on the banks of the River Roch, but every night the materials were mysteriously shifted to the top of a nearby hill by 'goblin builders'.

The town has few buildings of historic importance, but the spectacular river scenery and dark green wooded hills make it a popular venue with visitors.