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The slag was removed in the 17th century but Pitchcroft remained undeveloped, acting as a venue for fairs, circuses, military camps and musters.

The road on the left curves past the houses of Nansladron, where the fields in the valley floor are now caravan and camping parks.

Holiday chalets were an important part of the holiday scene when this view of a camp on the north bay was taken.

The main camp road ran directly on to this beach.

French soldiers were held as prisoners at Odiham during the Napoleonic wars, living in a camp dug out of an old chalk pit on the Alton road.

Now there are modern holiday camps here, including Cayton Bay and Killerby Old Hall estate, which has a wildlife lake.

This pretty house sits back away from the road, and is the Warden's house for the Girl Guides Camping Ground.

Visitors camped on the common until building began; in 1638 a promenade called the Walk was laid out.

Around the time this photograph was taken, the first of a series of Army camps was erected at Bramshott.

The old Gap, originally used by fishermen to reach the sea, had become widened by thousands of visitors' feet, so it was smartened up with ornamental embankments by the camp sites; even

Burngate Farm and Lulworth Camp are on the skyline (centre right).

Mass tourism was in full swing in the 1950s and 60s, but by the 1980s tastes had begun to change, and the camp closed.

Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

Many of the people enjoying the sands below Heysham Head would be staying at the nearby holiday camp, which offered an 'all-in' break, with meals and nightly dancing or variety shows included.

Its size indicates the relative wealth of this small country town well into the 20th century - its fortunes boosted by the presence of adjacent military camps.

Originally the Swan, the hotel is here called the Ivelchester, the town's name until the 1930s, which derives from the Saxon 'Givelcestreand', describing a Roman camp on the River Givel.

Jax, a cheerful low-price dress shop for younger customers, replaced the more staid Co-op; Millett's, which began by selling army surplus goods, branched into camping equipment and tough outdoor clothes

In the distance beyond the trees is the site of Anstiebury Camp, an Iron Age hill fort.

At one time, every September hordes of workers with their families would arrive and camp out for the season.

It is also interesting to recall that there was a prisoner of war camp in the village; it was in the grounds of Marbury Hall, which was demolished in the 1960s.

The bridge immediately beyond the lock used to take a railway into Pirbright army camp, just behind the trees to the right.

Padgate's memorial obelisk to the 1914-18 war points to Padgate Camp, where millions of RAF recruits did their basic training between 1939-53.

For many years, Todmorden (or 'Tod' as it is always known locally) straddled the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and this busy, bustling little town has always had a foot in both camps, although

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.