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The magnificent Town Hall comes into view beyond Broadfield Park slopes, created from 1870 onwards.

By the 1930s the tiny hamlet of Hare Street had been swallowed up into Gidea Park.

The number 84 bus seems to have a clear run; it need not be too concerned about the sole road marking, `No Parking`, at the Haywards Road junction.

On the opposite side of the bank is Bushy Park, and in the distance we can see the graceful Hampton Court Bridge.

With the opening of a cricket pavilion at Queen's Park, Derbyshire CCC returned to Chesterfield in July 1898 with a match against Surrey.

Parks were an important feature in many Victorian industrial towns and served as an escape from the noise, dirt and labour of the mills and factories.

Cars, motorbikes and sidecars are parked on the beach, whilst their owners clamber over the rocks or paddle in the sea.

Church Cottages, or Hyde Park Corner Cottages, are five almshouses run by the George Savage Trust. In 1971 they were severely damaged by fire, and were rebuilt and reopened in 1972.

Extending for 20 miles and covering 90,000 acres, much of the forest has remained the same since William the Conqueror established it as his deer park.

Featured here is the fish pond and castellated boathouse that once belonged to William Backhouse; they were retained when North Lodge Park was developed.

In this view, a tram passes the park with an advertisement for Fox-Andrews' shop in Union Street. Many Frith views of Bath around 1904 proudly include the then new electric trams.

Across the river from here is Orwell Park, in the 18th century the home of 'Old Grog' - Admiral Vernon.

The racecourse opened in 1801 after the Duke of Richmond gave part of his estate, Goodwood Park, to establish a track where members of the Goodwood Hunt Club and officers of the Sussex Militia could

On the right, the parked cars wait for petrol or repairs at Fisher's garage with its Esso sign.

The larger reservoir nearer to the town is now the centre of the country park.

The Hants and Sussex coach is parked outside Hill House, a former solicitor's home until it became a café restaurant in 1898.

The mansion in the park was originally known as Heath House, and later came to be called Studley Court.

This beautiful old mansion house in Luton's Wardown Park houses a wide variety of standing exhibits - and the curators have an extensive programme of temporary events to hold the visitor's interest.

Chasewater is a large reservoir with an amusement park at its southern end, where people enjoy water sports such as sailing and water-skiing, or just paddling.

Sutton Park is a National Nature Reserve, which puts it among the top rank of our protected areas.

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 park occupies the original site of Manningham Hall, which was demolished; the land was given to the city by its owner, Samuel Cunliffe Lister.

In buildings immediately west of Tring Park is housed the Sir Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, based on his enormous collectoin of stuffed and mounted animals from every corner of the world.

Designed by architect Shirley Harrison, the building is well-sited close to Victoria Park, and to Lutyens' War Memorial, dedicated to those who fell in the First World War.