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A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.

A family group prepare their picnic on the banks of the River Dove beneath the natural arch known as Reynard's Cave.

The tree-shaded Magdalen Walks along the bank of the Cherwell are truly delightful and a perfect way to study the changing seasons.

So many towns and villages in Worcestershire are beautifully set on the banks of the county's rivers - as Wyre Piddle is on the Avon.

Here we see the River Itchen flowing through Bishopstoke. In 1838, the writer Robert Maudie observed: 'church and the village are beautifully situated, the former close by the bank of the river'.

Destroyed during the English Civil War, Bramber is thought to have originally been built in the 11th century by William de Braose.

It is easy to understand why this quarter of South Cerney, with its squat stone cottages ranged along the banks of the River Churn, are often photographed by day trippers.

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.

The Neville stronghold of Brancepeth Castle was forfeited to the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Doune was built by Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Guardian of Scotland, on behalf of James I, who at the time was a captive at the English court.

The Earlswood Lakes are on Earlswood Common, south of Redhill. In spite of its name, the New Pond was dug back in the 14th century, and was once a popular bathing place.

Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, laid out this park on the banks of the River Kelvin. It was opened in 1853.

The bank on the left of this photograph became an insurance office, and the adjoining dental surgery is also the premises of an insurance company.

By the banks of the graceful River Wensum is the 15th-century gateway to the city's diminutive canal, which penetrates its way to the margins of the cathedral.

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

In contrast to the flat marshes of the lower Bure, the upper reaches often have thick undergrowth and trees along the banks.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, overlooked by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as

The Hepworths shop in photograph No 25657 was taken over by a local bank and given a splendidly bulbous and fruity Flemish-style ground floor soon after 1890.

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.

Here we see the River Itchen flowing through Bishopstoke. In 1838, the writer Robert Maudie observed: 'church and the village are beautifully situated, the former close by the bank of the river'.

This view, with something of a frontier town feel in 1890, is now the brashly cheery High Street. At this time, though, it is much more sedate.

Set on the banks of the Tennant Canal, the Abbey was founded in 1130 by the Norman baron Richard de Granville. John Leland, in the 16th century, described the abbey as 'the fairest in all Wales'.

Set on the banks of the Tennant Canal, the Abbey was founded in 1130 by the Norman baron Richard de Granville. In the 16th century, John Leland described the abbey as 'the fairest in all Wales'.