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On the left we can see the pediment and roof of the Baptist Chapel, built in 1856 on the recently-constructed Station Hill.

This most attractive of towns is sets amongst woods and gentle rolling hills.

Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth

After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth) we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.

The Savoy Café is on the right, and further down hill across the road Mazda lamps are for sale close to the inn sign.

Further along Nottingham Road, Frith's photographer looks eastwards towards Hill Top with the junction with Edward Road between the hedge and the wall.

In December 2000, it was estimated that 400,000 cubic metres of earth was slowly moving down the side of Leith Hill. A

This is Botley Hill Farmhouse, which has been a restaurant for a number of years. Today it is a popular pub and eatery.

The road deviates to the right here, to tackle the climb of 150 feet up The Strait and Steep Hill.

Behind the house is the famous Selborne Hanger, a beautiful beech-clad hill beloved of the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White, who also lived at The Wakes.

At the foot of the hill is a junction. Left is for Nether Wallop and right is for Over Wallop. Out of sight by the café sign is a large roadside pub, The George Inn.

On the hill beyond stands a Martello tower and the fortifications of Shorncliffe Camp, whose construction was undertaken under Sir John Moore during the Napoleonic War.

Named for Lulworth Castle, over the hill at East Lulworth, the old hostelry at West Lulworth is an 18th- century thatched building behind a neat wooden fence.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

The steep little street next to Jesse S Raddall (now a bistro called Three Steps to Heaven) is Angel Hill.

The steep little street next to Jesse S Raddall (now a bistro called Three Steps to Heaven) is Angel Hill.

Along the crest of the hill are the homes of the mill owners, while the workers' houses and the mills themselves were positioned in the valley bottom.

Broad Eye Mill was originally a seven-storey tower mill built of sandstone blocks on the site of a pre-Norman castle; it is sometimes referred to as Castle Hill Mill.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

There were two hotels in the village, the Vine in the village centre and the Grange along Sea Bank Road just behind the sand hills.

A 19th-century tramway was unofficially used by the public to reach the top of the hill, where some foolhardy visitors climbed this pinnacle, as we can see from these pictures.

Along the crest of the hill are the homes of the mill owners, while the workers and the mills themselves were positioned in the valley bottom.

Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance. The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size: 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins - a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930.

There has probably been a church here for a thousand years, high on the hill overlooking the creek that once flowed from Stonehouse to Pennycomequick.