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The Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union departs from the main line at Marsworth, and has some 16 locks in 6 miles, very narrow and not for the faint-hearted.

To the right of them lies Swan Meadow, once home to the village fair. This event survives as Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre, which takes place at the end of June, to mark St Peter's Day.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

Stirling Castle, sited on a precipitous hill 420 feet high, has been intimately bound up with the fortunes of Scotland from the 12th century until the union of the crowns in 1603.

This splendid view of the High Street as it ascends the hill towards the Guildhall was taken from the Town Bridge crossing the River Wey.

A nursemaid sits with her two charges enjoying the sun on Castle Hill. Behind, a seating area nestles in the remnants of some ancient building whose purpose is now unclear.

Situated at the junction of Prince's Road and Hanger Hill, this was formerly called The Birches. By the 1960s it was divided into flats and bedsits.

Famously the second-highest point in Essex (the highest being a patch of undistinguished woodland in the parish of Langley), Langdon Hills certainly impressed the traveller Arthur Young.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford. The pub seen here—the Bull—is displaying a 'Sundays: No Coaches' sign.

On a nearby hill is an old cottage, once the abode of the notorious highwayman Jack Diamond, who is said still to haunt the area in ghostly form.

This fine clock tower was built to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.

Here, those staying in Royal Terrace or at The Royal Hotel, could walk in peace, or linger for a while on one of the benches provided.

There were busier days here before the mines closed around the turn of the century. To the right, Newbridge Hill descends to the Tamar crossing into Devon, with a large chapel on the bend.

This picturesque corner of Lymington includes Quay Hill, with Captains Row on the right. Note the typical 1950s sign on the left - 'station and motor car ferry.'

In late Victorian and early Edwardian times, this part of the village was regarded as a select residential area. The turning to the right off St Bride's Hill leads down to the Glen.

The church stands halfway up a hill overlooking the village rooftops and contains a large and impressive Norman font.The chancel arch is 13th-century, and the church contains several memorials to

This general vista looks south to the hills above Penarth. The house, barely visible behind the thick hedgerows, is of recent construction in stucco with tiled roof.

Bridgnorth, as a fortified hill-top site, dates from Saxon times.

The ponies are grazing on Waun y Pound Common; Ebbw Vale College is behind them and Newtown is in the background.

Above Torquay harbour stands Vane Hill, seen here from the Rock Walk.

Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.

From Castle Hill we look down on the Esplanade, with the Beach Hotel in the middle distance.

Situated at the south-eastern edge of the Chiltern Hills, Woodcote stands about 500ft above sea level.