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This has meant that the townspeople have always enjoyed the advantage of easy access to the countryside, a fortunate circumstance, as there were no areas within the town that could be described

The longest canal tunnel in Scotland is on the Union Canal. It was built because the Forbes family did not want Callendar House to look onto a canal. The tunnel is 630 metres long.

Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph.

This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.

This is the westerly end of Lydstep Cavern Beach; here we see the aptly named Saddle Back and Saddle Point, with the cave and fissures worn into the vertical strata of limestone.

Note the soldiers marching down the road side by side in the centre of the photograph, just to the right of Craster's corner shop.

This park was laid out for the benefit of working people to give them a break from the dust and grime of industrial Sheffield.

Another view of the cathedral. Behind the cathedral, the Necropolis can be seen, stretching from the left and to the right of the photograph.

Worcester Park is situated north- west of Sutton along Malden Road. Until the railway arrived in 1859 the area was predominantly agricultural, with only a few farmhouses and cottages.

Now around to the south-west side of Glastonbury, where Wearyall Hill lies between the town and the river Brue. The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.

The village green complete with its old water pump is surrounded by 17th century timber-framed cottages, such as Foliots on the left, 19th century estate cottages and an old school.

Rising up Lancaster Road, away from the prison, the vista through to the City's War Memorial is broken by this magnificent set of wrought iron gates interspaced by stone piers crowned by vases.

This view looks across the river to the suburb of Handbridge. The church of St Mary-without-the-Walls was completed in 1887; its distinctive spire is something of a local landmark.

This impressive memorial commemorates the deaths of nine crewmen who lost their lives when the lifeboat 'Beauchamp' capsized on 14 November 1901.

The beautiful bridge at Monmouth is perhaps less famous than its sister Monnow Bridge, but it is still nevertheless performing admirable service here. It was rebuilt in 1617.

Before the influx of tourists, the town was a centre for mining, tanning and cotton spinning.

Large mansions were built here for the wealthy merchants from the prosperous port of Hull. Ferriby House dates from 1775, and both Ferriby Hall and the manor house still stand.

Here we have a detailed view of the premier pre- Domesday minster church of the Dorchester hundred. Its present fabric has grown from a cruciform building of the 11th century.

This is a quiet moment, on what in pre-bypass days was one of the busiest roads in Dorset, apart from the postman calling at No 12 (right).

Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.

In the south-east corner of the Market Square is its only surviving timber-framed building, Ye Olde White Hart, a superb and rich example of late 15th-century building.

In the south-east corner of the Market Square is its only surviving timber-framed building, Ye Olde White Hart, a superb and rich example of late 15th-century building.

From Southwell the tour heads north-east back to the River Trent north of Newark and on to Sutton-on-Trent.

The driver of the Ford 300E van in the foreground has popped into Haywood's (right) for his morning newspaper. Next door is Sketchley's, the dry-cleaners, and Arthur Rickett.