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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.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

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.

The inn's name moved here from Hill Street in the 1840s.

Rowe's Garage at the top of the hill no longer serves Regent petrol, but the single-storey Institute next to it is still there.

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

In fact these huge blocks slithered down the sides of the hills after the last ice age, and have sometimes been mis- taken for resting sheep.

Looking east from Blucher Street this view shows how steeply the chalk hills rise behind the town, still undeveloped.

The castle was on a hill north of the church, comprising a motte and bailey with earth and timber fortifications.

The Lion Hotel, down the hill, was a grand coaching inn whose gardens run down to the River Darent.

Here we see a charming view of two donkey carts standing at the foot of Upper Madoc Street (now Arvon Avenue) with buildings stretching out far beyond to the rugged hills.

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.

The station entrance sign can be glimpsed behind Hill's footwear store (centre).

Clinging to the steep escarpment below Leith Hill, this village centre is, at 750ft, the highest in Surrey.

Bilsdale Hall is hidden behind the trees (centre). Chisel Hill Mill (left) reminds us of local industry powered by the River Eller. Out of shot, top left, is the beguiling little church of St Hilda.

High up on the hills, this was lead mining country. Now tourists come to see the four-mile-long array of caves discovered by miners in 1858.

In the far distance, across the Severn, is May Hill, with its distinctive pine copse. Today, the M5 bisects the agricultural land in the middle distance.

His brand new Volvo once rolled, driverless, across Blandford Road and into Pardy's Hill, coming to rest harmlessly against the tree (centre).

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.

It is still fed by hot mineral waters from a continuous spring; it is hard to imagine that the water seen today fell as rain on the Mendip Hills 10,000 years ago.

A previ- ous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

On the skyline stands the monumental mine chimney at the summit of Kit Hill.

Coopers Hill looms in the distance, the site of the annual cheese-rolling races.

A previous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.