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Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

En route to Street, divert to climb to Windmill Hill: here, a splendid monument commemorates the great British admiral, Sir Samuel Hood, who died in 1814.

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the city, Wren's masterpiece of St Paul's Cathedral is the pride of London.

The new town of Amersham on the Hill developed from the 1890s when, after 60 years of opposition, the Drakes and then the Tyrwhitt-Drakes finally allowed the railway to come to Amersham, but up the hill

Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.

The 'City of Bristol' foundered on the Llangennith sands in 1840. According to the Cambrian newspaper, 27 people drowned, but pigs and cattle swam ashore and were penned at Cwm Ivy farm.

The Foot of Porlock Hill 1923 Porlock Hill used to strike dread into the hearts of holiday-makers until relatively recently.

The parish church stands on the hill. Illingworth was at the time of this photograph a village on the edge of the Pennines north of Halifax, but is now a suburb of the city.

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.

This view looks north- westwards from Horseman's Hill.

The fishing hamlet of Worbarrow (upper left), is seen here with Hill Cottage below Gold Down and Sea Cottage boathouses facing Worbarrow Bay.

To the left, the stone ramparts of Worlebury Iron Age Hillfort can be seen on the very top of the hill.

Beyond The Strait, Steep Hill commences with The Jew's House, a Norman stone house of the 1170s, before climbing more steeply up towards the cathedral and castle on the top of the hill.

The first school in Redditch was built in 1820 on land donated by a local landowner, the Earl of Plymouth, at the junction of Unicorn Hill and Bates Hill.

Peel Park opened in 1846 and is named in honour of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He not only secured government funding for the park, but made a generous donation himself.

The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill. The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

From the slopes of Quarry Hill, above Park Farm (centre), we look south-westwards to Golden Cap (left of centre) and Langdon Hill.

Cliffe Hill Street 1894 Cliffe, across the River Ouse, still has a very separate feel to Lewes up the hill.

Leigh-on-Sea is high on the hill overlooking the Thames Estuary, just west of Southend.

East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.

Boyce Hill took its name from a medieval land-owning family: their farm stood where the clubhouse now is. Benfleet's wooded hills once provided vital material for fuel and boat-building.

In the background of this picture stands the Gas Works jetty. Pier Hill leads down to the sea front esplanade, with the Palace Hotel on the left.

This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow.

A borough since around 1100, its name derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus' or steep hill. It is a delightful Ham stone-built town, hardly larger now than a village.