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This long straggling village, in the centre of the old tin mining district, sits on a steep hill running down to the Tamar. We are at the bottom of Fore Street looking towards Newbridge Hill.

On the right of the photograph is 7/8 South Brink where Wisbech's most famous daughter, Octavia Hill (1838-1912), was born.

Towards the north-west lies the mound of Beacon Hill. The earliest origins of Loughborough may be here.

High up above Todmorden, half of which used to be in Lancashire, we find this small Pennine village with a surprising number of mills for its size.

Beyond the Bay Private Hotel and Madeira Cottages (left centre) are Hardown Hill, Stonebarrow Hill (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Seaward are a series of ledges.

Beyond are the cliffs and skyline of Cain's Folly, Stonebarrow Hill, Langdon Hill and Golden Cap.

Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

The school was in Hill Road, between Pound Road and West Hill Road, with a view across the town, including St Michael's Church (centre right), to Golden Cap (centre) on the eastern seaboard of Lyme

Now around to the south-west side of Glastonbury, where Wearyall Hill lies between the town and the river Brue. The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.

West of Bruton, Castle Cary is set on the side of the oolite hills of southern Somerset, with Castle Cary Park on Lodge Hill rising steeply behind the church.

To the north of Newbury, on the edge of the downs, lies Hampstead Norris, surrounded by hills and woodland.

CASTLE HILL has a commanding view of both the landward and the seaward approaches, and it was almost certainly the location of an Iron Age Celtic promontory fort.

19th-century visitors wishing to get a good view of the town and castle were advised to climb the tower, known as Corrin's Folly, standing on Corrin's Hill (485ft).

The Lookout at the summit of Box Hill is due to the generosity of Mr Leopold Salomons of Norbury Park.

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

The view down the hill can bring in the hills beyond Belfast Lough; it could once have played a part in communications to bring aid as required.

19th-century visitors wishing to get a good view of the town and castle were advised to climb the tower, known as Corrin's folly, on Corrin's Hill (485 ft).

To the north of Newbury, on the edge of the downs, lies Hampstead Norris, surrounded by hills and woodland.

Here the photographer looks north-west from near the hillfort that occupies the crest of the ridge, towards Poynings village and the scarp of the South Downs beyond at North Hill and Newtimber Hill.

This sizeable village nestles in a valley close to two notable landmarks: Lewesdon Hill (894 feet) and Pilsdon Pen, at 909 feet, the highest hill in Dorset.

This beautiful view, seen from the path up the hill towards Miles Cross, looks north to the Manor House (top left) and its thatched 17th-century barn (right of centre).

In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo.

From Winner Hill, showing the reclaimed marshes.