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The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

The Cotswold rivers of Coln and Leach join the Thames here, and the town is much influenced by them.

Further down-river, Rooksbury Mill stands on the edge of town as the only other mill still existing. In 2001 the Council bought Rooksbury Mill and its use as a fisherman's club may change.

Midhurst is a town of contrasts, with an early medieval core around the church, west of the Norman castle earthworks on St Anne's Hill, and the wide North Street, a later medieval planned market place.

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).

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Diveting eastwards up Mill Street, our tour reaches St Cuthbert's Church, which served the east part of the town and was possibly of Anglo-Saxon origin.

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).

The turret above the passageway adjacent to the newsagent contains the town's one-handed clock.

High Street c1960 On the left is the Town Hall with its unu- sual lead-sheathed clock turret.

From North Curry, we skirt the south edge of West Sedge Moor to the town of Langport on the east bank of the River Parrett.

The canal arrived here in 1797, and transformed the village into a town.

This splendid town hall was burned down in 1947; it was built in the Market Place on the site of the old town hall, which was demolished in 1862.

When tiring of the cosmopolitan delights of the town, visitors could climb onto the South Downs and enjoy sublime views.

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

Brecon is a well-manicured town on the River Usk with a smart range of buildings, mainly of the Georgian and Victorian periods, as we can see here.

It was retaken by William de Braose; then, in order to demonstrate his supposed magnanimity to his former enemies, he invited Sytsylt, his son Godfrey and some of their retainers to Abergavenny to

This clock tower monument was erected in 1861 as a memorial to Philip, the eldest son of Sir George and Lady Musgrave of Edenhall, who had died two years earlier in Madrid aged twenty-six.

This is a village in two halves, High Town and Low Town, a quarter mile apart. Land around here was once one of the royal hunting grounds. The White Horse, a chalk hill figure, was carved in 1857.

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

From a slightly different viewpoint, this picture looks across Town Hall Gardens and the Chatham rooftops towards the Downs beyond.

Both Back Lane and the High Street were well supplied with inns: the Blue Bell, the White Hart, the Talbot, the Three Arrows, the Dolphin, the Rose.