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The steep valleys, or cloughs, which run off the foothills of the Pennines were often utilised by Victorian water engineers for the construction of reservoirs to provide drinking water for the burgeoning

Bradwell is a bustling little former lead mining village on the south side of the Hope Valley in north Derbyshire.

Taken from Overton Hill, this view shows the town with the Mersey estuary in the distance beyond the sand dunes. It is from here that the Sandstone Trail now begins.

In the middle of Great Whyte stands the 'dummy clock'. Erected by public subscription in memory of Edward Fellowes, first Baron de Ramsey, it has recently been completely refurbished.

The Slaughter brook runs down the middle of this village - one of the loveliest in the county, despite its ugly name.

Go back to the Avon valley, turn right at the traffic lights by the Viaduct Inn, then left towards Lower Limpley Stoke.

The factory buildings in this picture have gone, and today this sprawling village is popular with those who work in Andover and commute daily to London.

Izaak Walton fished here in the Meon, reflecting that the valley 'exceeds all England for swift, shallow, clear, pleasant brooks and store of trout.'

Brook is still a beautiful village, despite being something of a dormitory for the expanding town of Ashford nearby. Here we see a group of picturesque old weatherboarded farm buildings.

Ignoring the small building (left) and the iron railings this could almost be a rural scene.

A blacksmith's forge used to stand beside this packhorse bridge spanning Winn Brook, one of eight bridges boasted by this tiny village. It was at Winsford that Ernest Bevin was born in 1881.

The 15th-century tower has flushwork patterns on the battlements and buttresses.

The row of shops opposite was known as The Polygon, though R H Toothill's chemist shop is on Church View.

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills. One of these was Penns Mill, operated as a wire-drawing mill by Joseph Webster from 1752.

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

The shop on the right of this photograph is Hermitage Post Office and Stores. Today the speed limit through the village is thirty miles per hour, not forty.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

This is a beautiful example of the mixing of stone and timberwork that is typical of many houses that snuggle amongst the hills of southern Shropshire.

Straddling Rothley Brook, the medieval bridge is a feature of this large village that has grown considerably since the last war.

Next to the thatched cottages on the left is the White Hart pub.

The nineteenth hole is to be found in Nether Court, a free-standing neo-Jacobean mansion by Percy Stone.

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall. By 1955 a new station had been built on the corner of Brooke Road and South Street.

Wildersmouth Beach - named after Wilder Brook - was the main beach before the cutting of the tunnels.