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This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.

Beyond is the totally out-of-scale Kirkgate Centre, in a florid Victorian style of 1887, but the spire is the real focus of this fine street.

The Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Market Place was built by the Watts-Russell family; today it is occupied by local businesses.

These buildings were demolished as part of road and pedestrian way development, and a post office and job centre were built in their place.

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of piping and rope adorning the window of the local ironmongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

A penny-farthing can be seen leaning against the front of the cycle stores in the centre of Burley, which John Wise described in 1863 as 'one of the most primitive of (New) Forest hamlets'.

In the centre, partially hidden by trees, is the Northumberland Hall, built in 1826 by the third Duke to provide the town with an assembly rooms.

Once a major ironworking centre, this village also boasts the first Fuggle hops to be grown.

redevelopment since the end of the second world war, not only with projects such as the Broadgate shopping precinct, but an American-inspired partly-elevated ring-road that surrounds the old city centre

Closer to the city centre, Broadgate is nowadays a frantically busy dual carriageway, and the site on the left a bus station.

Many people went to the Town Centre on bicycles, and left them leaning against the wall opposite the shops.

This picture shows the south extension, near the Axenstrasse; in the centre we can see the Rialto Bridge to the large island, which was replaced only a few summers ago.

Old vehicles in the centre of Ludham village have their spare wheels attached to the side of the bonnet. The right-hand car has a 'dickey' seat at the back, closed in the photograph.

A bypass was eventually constructed, and the A43 was diverted away from the town centre.

Many new buildings sprang up in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Civic Centre of 1965 and the Technical Library of 1959. However, it was the unsightly steel works which really put Corby on the map.

Dominating this photograph are the tall Moot Hall, now the Daventry Museum and tourist information centre, and the monument, which was erected by members of the National Hunt committee in memory of Edmund

All the buildings on the left have been replaced by the modern Swansgate shopping centre. Other change includes the demolition of the stuccoed Midland Hotel on the right.

Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

The 15th-century grey tower of St Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon

In the 12th century Gweek was a significant tin-streaming centre and had its own merchant guild. Ancient tin moulds have been found built into the walls of the quay.

particularly the final part of the process which was pure theatre, has taken on an almost mythical quality, celebrated in drawing, engraving, painting, and metal sculpture at Meadowhall shopping centre

The centre of Wollaston is often referred to as Wollaston Junction, recalling the time when two tram routes met here - one came from Stourbridge, and the other was the Amblecote to Kinver

Later, the town became a centre for 'fancy' goods such as cords, velveteens and fine woollens.