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The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

The growing of reeds provides one of the principal industries of the broads area. Note the shallow boats which are necessary to reach the reed beds.

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.

Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.

The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.

Across the broad expanse of the High Street is the portico of the Town Hall, which was rebuilt in 1790.

The young coxswain in the skiff has misjudged her three-point turn, and is wedged between the quayside and the cruiser.

This, the most westerly town in England, has been raided down the centuries by Spanish ships and by pirates.

This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.

The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.

The broad High Street is mainly Victorian, peppered with Georgian buildings.

Coltishall was a prosperous town in the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade was carried by river rather than the road.

On the right of the group, three young ducklings are hitching a ride on their mothers' backs. Reed beds can be clearly seen at the far edge of the broad, with trees on land behind.

Fashions are on parade in the warm sunshine as the Victorian era gives way to the Edwardian.

Both the house and lodge are roofed in local Norfolk reed, known throughout the land as the best material for this purpose.

Once upon a quieter time, the broad street through the village was perfect for a fair.

Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

Despite modern development, Westbourne, to the west of Bournemouth, retains its village atmosphere. Spacious houses and hotels are situated around a dramatic woodland chine leading down to the sea.

The Thames is not sufficiently wide at Oxford for the conventional kind of race in which one boat, known as an eight, overtakes another.