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Behind the house is the famous Selborne Hanger, a beautiful beech-clad hill beloved of the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White, who also lived at The Wakes.

At the foot of the hill is a junction.

On the hill beyond stands a Martello tower and the fortifications of Shorncliffe Camp, whose construction was undertaken under Sir John Moore during the Napoleonic War.

Named for Lulworth Castle, over the hill at East Lulworth, the old hostelry at West Lulworth is an 18th- century thatched building behind a neat wooden fence.

The low tide has left a good deal of Tate Hill sands uncovered.

A nearby vantage point at Combe hill is 638 feet high.

There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre on the Downs and there is the site of a Roman villa nearby.

We are looking across the Headlands estate towards Borough Hill and the BBC masts.

All is quiet in this scene, but increasing traffic congestion, both local and tourist, finally led to the narrow hill becoming a one-way street.

Brewhouse Hill leads from Wheathampstead to the hamlet of Amwell (not to be confused with the village, south of Ware, of the same name.)

This Norman church atop Crayford Hill is probably the oldest in the borough of Bexley.

The remainder of the buildings have changed little, including an excellent early 18th-century brick-fronted house halfway up the hill.

Denmead started to grow when Portsea Island began to expand its boundaries and creep up over Portsdown Hill.

Further up Castle Street and at its junction with Bristle Hill to the right and Elm Street on the left, the photographer is looking towards the great east window of the parish church.

Prestbury lies under the great bluff of Cleeve Hill, the destination of the tram, not the only mode of Edwardian travel in this photograph!

We are looking westwards down East Hill, towards the parish church (centre).

Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance.

The large house on the left with the shuttered windows stands on a busy road junction, and the sign pointing left indicates the route to Scaynes Hill, Chailey and Lewes.

arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing or sailing boats, or being entertained at the top of Constitution Hill

When I was a teenager I remember riding out on my BSA Bantam to the Wimpy Bar on Box Hill. I

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

The 'oe' at the end comes from the Old English 'hoh', meaning a hill or promontory.

We are looking from just inside Birmingham Road up Castle Hill, with Tipton Road off to the right.

The High Street widens out into the Broadway with Blucher Street merging from the left and the High Street continues north as far as the foot of White Hill.