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A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Different shapes and sizes of craft indicate the variety of classes catered for by this versatile harbour, which at one time was an active centre for ship building and repair.

Whilst the Marquis was busy making his fortune, his wife, Sophia, became concerned about the limited amount of open space in the bustling industrial centre.

The signpost on the right, pointing the way to Malvern, Leominster and Hereford, underlines The Cross's traditional role as the geographical and commercial centre of Worcester.

This was one of Britain's major naval shipbuilding centres in the 18th and 19th centuries. For 500 years, oaks here were used in the building of some of Britain's greatest ships.

In the centre of this spacious village is the War Memorial, standing on the edge of the village green. It was officially 'unveiled' in 1920.

Taken from the abbey roof, this photograph shows the 15th-century market cross in the centre, situated at the north end of the High Street.

It would be difficult to guess from the photograph that this was in the centre of a town. The woodland is host to a wide variety of wildlife, though there are no rare examples.

In the 16th century, the area round the churchyard was the commercial centre of Alcester; it included Butter Street, which borders two sides of the churchyard.

In the later years of the last century Blandford became the delightful shopping centre it is today.

Looking out into Christchurch Bay, Mudeford remains the centre of Dorset's small-scale fishing industry, though leisure yachting has dominated from the middle of the 20th century.

The Old Etchingham Arms in the centre of the photograph had to be rebuilt in the 1900s after its predecessor burnt down.

In the days before Crawley acquired 'New Town' status, it was the town's business centre, eventually changing its name to Post Office Road - home, not surprisingly, of the local post office.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal and dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

Here we see the pretty centre of Coggeshall, an attractive village now given over to the antiques trade. It was once a prosperous wool town, and famed for its lace.

But Wilmcote was a quarrying centre, and this timber-framed house has a garden wall of the local lias limestone.

Again we see the village centre, with another of the special seaside shops that sold everything needed for a seaside holiday.

But Wilmcote was a quarrying centre, and this timber-framed house has a garden wall of the local lias limestone.

The Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

Known as 'Aptrick' to its residents, Appletreewick was once a centre for lead mining, but farming and tourism are the dual economies of today.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal. It dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

Number 18, on the left, was refronted in the 1770s in brick with Venetian windows (with their centre part arched), and a later Greek Doric- style porch added.

Marks & Spencer's (left) has been a constant presence in Wrexham at a time when town centres generally have been under perpetual threat of change.

The prominent structure on the top of Staddon Heights (just right of centre) is not, as local myth says, a wind- break for the golf course on the top of the Heights; it was actually constructed as a