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This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

There was a castle here, which was besieged by King Stephen in 1138, but its keep has long gone; only its outline is marked on the grass of its hill at the end of Bailey Street.

The reason is the massive shopping centre at nearby Merry Hill, opened in the 1980s on the site of a former steelworks.

Originally a 13th-century farm, the building became a halt for packhorse trains carrying wool across the hills.

The hall up the hill on the left dates from 1914.

It had an impressive system of inclined planes to deal with the hills inland, but fell into disuse; today only the short seaward end is in use.

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.

Above the town, rising to 900ft, is Painswick Beacon with its golf course and ancient British hill fort.

Many of the cottages lining Quay Street, which leads below North Hill to the harbour, belonged to fishermen who once sailed after herring.

These fields and the woods were carefully safeguarded from the post-railway Amersham on the Hill development to protect the setting of the old town.

This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea. Solidly built of heavy granite, it turns its back stolidly on the gales.

Still recognisable today, this steep hill leading towards Bengeo must have posed a challenge to early motor vehicles.

Just beyond the bridge is the delightfully named Hills and Partridges Lock.

There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

These are the Delph Locks at Brierley Hill on the Dudley No 1 Canal. They are universally known as 'The Nine', despite the fact that there are only 8.

This event survives as Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre, which takes place at the end of June, to mark St Peter's Day.

The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

We are at the bottom of the hill looking back towards the Square. The ornamental railings on the right are those of Botley Mill.

Pier Hill can be seen rising behind the foreshore buildings with the High Street stretching north from The Royal Hotel.

The outer quay has been extensively redeveloped, but St Nicholas's chapel atop Lantern Hill is still there. The building to the rear of the quay was - and is - the lifeboat station.

Just visible on the far right at the top of the hill is the day beacon, an 80ft stone tower which marks the eastern side of the entrance to the estuary, as the entrance is almost impossible

This photograph shows Lordens Hill on a somewhat gloomy day.There are few cars parked along the street, but in those days private car ownership amid working families was still something of a novelty.The