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A R Hope Moncrieff, writing in 1909, described Bulphan Fen as 'a flat of woods and pastures that are at worst characteristic, and at the best pleasantly and solitarily rustic'.

This must be the best-known view in Essex.

As Dunoon was the largest and best known of the Cowal resorts, its main steamer links were with Gourock, Rothesay and with the North British Railway at Raigendoran.

England's best known Romantic poet was born in this Georgian mansion in Cockermouth's Main Street in 1770.

Otterton has some of the best examples of cob and thatch cottages in Devon.

Some of the best houses in Feckenham are clustered around the village green, or the Square, though only glimpses are revealed here.

Happy Valley was described as one of the best public parks or 'leisure grounds' in Britain, and was presented to the town by Lord Mostyn.

Now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system, Grasmere's parish church of St Oswald is perhaps best known for being the last resting place of the poet William Wordsworth, who is buried there alongside

The church of St Peter, in North Street, has a superb Norman doorway, possibly the best in the county (so the experts say), and the church has further Norman architecture inside.

On 4 January 1859 the railway arrived; it was to join Godalming and Havant stations, and as a consequence, it was possible to travel from London Waterloo to Portsmouth direct.

It is perhaps best known for its two prehistoric monuments: King Arthur's Round Table, a Bronze Age henge, and the former Neolithic stone circle and henge at Mayburgh, of which only one standing stone

The boating lake and nearby bathing pool were always popular attractions for holidaymakers and locals alike.

Despite its name, this is actually a fortified manor house, one of the best in the country, built in the 14th-16th centuries by the Gilbert family.

A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

Many would consider that the best views of Cromer are from the east.

Denison died in 1806, leaving the estate to his son, William Joseph Denison, who became a Member of Parliament for West Surrey in 1818.

Perhaps the best-known of York's medieval streets is The Shambles, seen here looking towards Pavement, and virtually unchanged today.

On the extreme right an area has been cordoned off with barriers, and beyond are the towers of hoists and cranes.

The Hobys dominate the imposing monuments in the south chapel, remembering the deaths of Sir Philip in 1558 and Sir Thomas in 1566.

In the tour guides of the period the Portland was 'well spoken of', with rooms from 3s 6d and lunch for 2s 6d.

At the top of Sheep Street is the largely 17th-century Hind Hotel, perhaps the best secular building in the town.

Its ancient parish, one of the largest in the country, stretched right up to Rainow and Kettleshulme in the hills, north as far as Poynton, and out in the south and west to Bosley and Chelford.

The Red House on the left, one of the best houses in Wendover, is built in brick with earlier Georgian box sash windows with characteristic thick glazing bars and fine pedimented doorcases

The honour of being entitled Hertfordshire's tidiest village for 1960 went to the village of Hunsdon near Ware.