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Elmley Castle is one of those delightful villages lying around the foot of Bredon Hill. Little now remains of the castle itself, once the stronghold of the Beauchamp family.

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

St John's Bridge is on the left. The Avon Mill at this time was occupied by Hugh Dryden & Co Ltd, who sold antiques and works of art here until the late 1970s.

But a lot of that is just traffic passing through. There are always fewer shoppers than traders would like, and too many empty shops and charity shops.

The Bude Canal, in which these schooners are moored, was built in 1823 to carry sand inland to improve farmland, but it ended up carrying all manner of cargoes including coal from South Wales.

Port Isaac made front page news in 1999 when local farmer Robert Sloman's Landrover went out of control on the steep hill behind the village.

Four miles from Stroud, picturesque Painswick titles itself 'Queen of the Cotswolds'.

Continuing eastwards along the A52 beyond The Sherwin Arms, we come to a complex of council schools, both primary and secondary, built in Bramcote Hill Park.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Gravesend is a busy industrial town on the river Thames; here the river narrows to become a London river, and coastal pilots hand over to the river men.

This church in Kensington High Street was foundd in the 12th century by the Abbot of Abingdon. It was rebuilt by the Victorians between 1869 and 1872 to Sir George Gilbert Scott's lavish design.

There was also a tannery, sited well away from the cottages because of its smell.

This sheltered cove below the Toll Road clearly shows the Carboniferous limestone that forms Worle Hill. In the foreground is a 'stack', a pillar of rock isolated from the cliff by erosion.

To reach this popular bathing cove with its old inn, travellers must thread a path down a deep lane between hills bright with heather and wild flowers.

This Almshouse was endowed in 1616 and named after its founder Robert Sackville, Earl of Dorset. Here it is almost submerged in ivy (since removed).

During the era 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 at the same leisurely pace as it had for

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 at the same leisurely pace as it had for

The Hill of Bran rises just to the north-east of Llangollen; perched high upon its summit is the ruin of Castell Dinas Bran.

The Town Hall, also built as a corn market, was opened by the Duke of Wellington in 1833; a 173 feet obelisk monument to the Duke is on Wellington Hill to the south of the town.

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks. It was re-named by William Nevill, Marquess of Abergavenny, when he bought it in 1890.

In the distance is the hill of Brentor, topped by the 12th-century church of St Michael de Rupe, which was restored by the Duke of Bedford in the 19th century.

Standing at the bottom of the notoriously steep climb of Porlock Hill, the Ship Inn appears little changed today, despite the removal of its attractive rustic wooden porches.

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks.

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England.