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Beacon Hill, in the distance, was in the chain of warning beacons established when French and later Spanish invasions were feared in the 16th century.

Looking beyond Castle Hill, we see the cliffs around Beer in the distance. This open plain of sea front has since been divided by the sea wall and a modern motor road.

This Hampshire village has many trees, windy roads, and the occasional hill. Time has treated this peaceful area well. There are some fine cottages here, and no new housing.

Smiddy Hill in Pickering, a bustling little market town west of Scarborough on the edge of the moors, probably takes its name from the site of a former blacksmith's shop in the area.

Hansom cabs line up on Senate House Hill, alongside the elegant classically styled Senate House, the 'Parliament' building for the University.

From Lansdown Road turn left into Camden Crescent, an ambitious project begun in 1788 on the slopes of Beacon Hill, which gave splendid views eastwards.

The Town Hall and magistrates' court still dominates Market Hill.

Heading toward the village and Brenchley, with the Gun at the top of the hill, on the right-hand side we have a pond with railings and a water trough in front.

Horse trams are slowly climbing the hill on their journey from Tettenhall.

Looking eastwards towards Allington Hill (left) this view has changed almost out of all recognition.

Deep shadows engulf the Greyhound Hotel (left), with the Town Hall behind, in this lunchtime view westwards to Colmer`s Hill (centre).

The fine, wide street has 19th-century houses on the left; on the right are commercial buildings, filling the ground floors of older timber-framed houses.

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.

The 1890s terrace with its four gabled full-height bay windows steps down the hill; the left-hand one on the corner of Outwood Lane is now no longer a Barclays Bank, but the offices of financial consultants

This view captures well the disparate suburban nature of Cobham's High Street before we reach the most attractive River Hill and Mill Road, which stretch along the banks of the River Mole

Western Cross is the junction of the High Street, Alton Road, Dunleys Hill and West Street.

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.The main shopping centre has moved up the hill to Leigh Broadway but this High Street is still

The latter, having walked across the hills from Bridport to visit his friend Francis Turner Palgrave, asked to be taken to the most interesting place in Lyme.

The entire heart of the town has been moved over the hill to a new site, so that the little that remains of the old High Street is now totally run down.

Prickend marks the end of one expanse of land that stretches from Petts Wood in the south and to Summer Hill in the west.

A long main street, groups of thatched cottages and a picturesque 17th-century coaching inn at the foot of a steep hill create an atmosphere of charm and quiet dignity.

Taken from Winney Hill, this photograph looks over Harthill in the northerly direction of Kiveton Park collieries.

Beyond the bathing machines, the newer town is on the left, the white cottages of Quay Town are on the right, and the old town climbs the hill towards the medieval church with its tall 15th-century

This route heads for the beautiful Mendip Hills, the carboniferous limestone ridge that separates the Avon valley and Bath and Bristol from the rest of Somerset.