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The Kibble Palace, the largest glasshouse in Britain, is now a Winter Garden, but was formerly used for public meetings and concerts.

Here, in freezing winters, Londoners enjoyed skating on the pond.

There is an attractive causeway across the Loose stream which is sometimes covered by flowing water in the winter.?It drove several paper and corn mills in Victorian times.

In 1960 there were fine views from here across north Buckinghamshire; now trees obscure this completely in summer, but in winter we can look north-west over the new city of Milton Keynes, and

It was once known as Clachan Dubh, (the dark village) because its mountain setting offered two hours less sunlight during winter evenings.

A concert is taking place at the bandstand at The Fort, a few seasons before massive construction work took place here to create the new Pavilion and Winter Gardens.The tram running along Fort Crescent

The cost isn't helped by the fact that each winter around half a million starlings roost on the bridge!

The ford was replaced by a bridge over the beck in the winter of 1966/67.

Now the view is clearer, and any fine day will give a view across to Winter Hill and the Pennines.

We can assume that it is winter by the look of the tree. A lady waits for her husband beside their car. Has he leaned an item of furniture against the telephone box?

The town was cheery enough in holiday weather, but winter could bring disasters. In 1953 the sea had smashed a thirty-yard gap in the concrete sea wall.

Defoe records that he saw 'perhaps two hundred sail of ships' lying by the town during the winter months, 'as safe as in a wet dock'.

Danny Howell writes about it in 'The Warminster & District Archive', Winter 1988. The ornamental pineapple on top of the urn was a popular symbol of affluence in the 18th century.

The white shed on the left stands next to the village pond where the villagers skated in winter.

Despite the grand appearance of the building, the acoustics in the Winter Gardens pavilion were suspect.

Built next to the Winter Gardens in 1896 in an attempt to compete with the Tower, the 220ft Gigantic Wheel was a financial disaster.

Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it was gutted by an incen- diary bomb in the winter

During the winter, the strip of land known as the Ouse Washes in between is allowed to flood, and is consequently a major haven for wildlife.

William Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it was gutted by an incendiary bomb in the winter

There has been a tradition in the village (which started as long ago as 1577) that a curfew bell should be rung at 8pm each evening during autumn and winter.

The Winter Gardens to the left have been compared to a giant greenhouse where summer could be enjoyed the year long.

The banks of the Bure here are pitted with artificial basins, where boats lie up in safety during the long months of winter.

The parish church of St John the Baptist overlooks the water meadows of the Ouse; the sunsets from here on a winter's evening are wonderful.

This celebrated and fashionable winter resort occupies the northern corner of Tor Bay, and is securely sheltered from all winds, except those from the south-east.