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South-west of the town centre, along the Ampthill Road, on a large site between it and the railway line, the County Schools were built in the 1880s on a grand plan with a massive tower and,

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

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.

St Paul's Square, also known as Market Place, is bounded on the west by the churchyard of St Paul.

The smaller standing stones in the middle of the circle are the famous Blue Stones and come from the Preseli Mountains in west Wales.

This view looks south-west down Loxwood Road towards the parish church, whose spire can just be seen amid the trees behind the last chimney-stack.

In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan

Here the photographer looks down West Street to Colmer's Hill (left), with the Lily Hotel projecting into the highway as it narrows to a normal width near the bottom of the hill.

The Village 1894 Frith's photographer paused a mile or so west of Storrington in the hamlet of Cootham.

The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.

The River Medway traditionally separates the Men of Kent on its east side from the Kentish Men on the west, but bridges such as this one unite the two 'tribes'.

The imposing west front of the Abbey is seen here, following the completion of its restoration 30 years before.

Standing on a 300 ft limestone crag overlooking the Towy Valley, the present Carreg Cennen dates from the late 13th century, though the site has historical links with the ancient commote of Is-Cennen, and

The Devil's Dyke was immensely popular with visitors to Brighton, who relished the fresh air and the long views across the Weald.

Moving south-west, the tour reaches East Harting, a hamlet east of South Harting, the main village with the parish church.

The village has grown rapidly in the 20th century east and west along and parallel to the main road and northwards along the valley of a small stream.

The town was laid out north and west of the Abbey precincts, with the Market Place at the junction of High, Magdalen, Benedict and North Load Streets.

The pediment on the left is that of the main west elevation facing the town: the graceful columned portico can be glimpsed through the trees.

It also had a Norman motte and bailey castle whose earthworks survive quite well.

Ray Park Avenue was one of the first roads laid out and has some houses of the 1870s.

This pleasant stone-built Victorian seaside resort, just west of Conwy, clusters beneath the steep craggy slopes of the coastal mountains on Conwy Bay.

Oving, west of Whitchurch, lies off the main road, and is a very pretty village on the Portland limestone ridge.

Built of flint and stone, it has a Perpendicular nave, chancel and west tower. The top of the canopy has been repaired in brick. The Norman font is a large single-scalloped capital.