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Clanfield sits in a valley to the west of the A3, 12 miles north of Portsmouth, and 6 miles south of Petersfield. Its name derives from Old English, and means 'field clean of weeds'.

The Strand stretches from Temple Bar in the east to Trafalgar Square in the west. The beautiful church of St Clement Danes bestrides its centre, and was erected in 1688 from a design by Wren.

One of the wonders of the waterway system, the five rise locks at Bingley in West Yorkshire are part of the Leeds & Liverpool canal.

We have now moved upstream west of the bridge, with a view taken from St Mary's Embankment in St Mary's Gardens.

It was thanks to the generosity of cotton manufacturer William Atkinson that Southport got a Free Library and Art Gallery; he paid for both of them.

Mercers Row leads west from the market place, with the parish church of All Saints to its left. It was largely rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1675 which destroyed most of the town centre.

Cardiff Docks were developed during the late 1830s by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, and were enlarged in the 1880s and again in the early 1900s.

At the bottom of Maidstone High Street both the Queen's Head public house, on the left, and the Rose and Crown Hotel across the road have gone; the trolleybuses also went in 1966.

As we have already seen, Breconshire is renowned for its many waterfalls and caves in the far south west.

Symondsbury is an intimate little village positioned between two rounded hills, and probably on the route of a medieval road linking Bridport and Axminster.

Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames,Trent, Severn and Mersey.

Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames, Trent, Severn and Mersey.

These ruined windows and arches are the remains of the cloisters. Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.

Designed by Charles Ponting of West Overton, who was also architect and surveyor for Marlborough College, it was built by the Ponting Brothers of Avebury, along with the Shipway (masons) and Paradise

A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.

Eventually the West Cliff Hotel appeared, and the Princess Royal Hotel (right) was built here half a century later in the 1920s.

Chertsey Abbey was founded in 666 AD and has now almost completely vanished; much of its stonework was used at Henry VIII's Hampton Court after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

To the west of Jervaulx lies this pretty village, nestling around the spacious green.

This view is taken looking north- west along Benyon Road towards the junction of Pound Street and Carshalton Road. The high brick wall in the distance belongs to Carshalton House.

Whitwell was home to two special industries - straw plaiting and watercress production.

Traffic on the London to Oxford Road was now becoming a serious problem, and the town got its first traffic lights in 1934 (at the Guildhall crossroads) and an urban speed limit in 1935.

In the middle of West View Park, opposite the paddling pool, was the bandstand. Here at the turn of the century ­visitors were entertained by Pierrot shows and bands. To the left is Wells House.

Lying in the north west of the county, Mildenhall boasts one of the most magnificent churches in the region.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.