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At the crossroads of Market Place and Potter's Street stands the neo-classical Corn Exchange, designed by Lewis Vulliamy, whose original frontage had a grand entrance dominated by a statue of the harvest

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

The village of Hampton is quite compact and largely ignored by those rushing through in their cars.

At the east side of the market place was the entrance to Abingdon Abbey.

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

This view shows the Hammersmith bank's suspension tower and the 'chains' in close detail.

The town is named after the grange, or storage place for grain, belonging to the monks of Cartmel Priory.

This classic view of England's largest lake was taken from the south end of Loughrigg. Ambleside town is round the corner to the left.

From Brook the route heads to Milford, formerly partially on the A3 London to Portsmouth road but now, mercifully, by-passed - but the traffic is still heavy.

The High Street turns north, and it and the town end abruptly at the River Great Ouse, which flows through meadows liable to flooding.

Poole's population grew substantially during the 20th century as new industries arrived to supplement the declining merchant trade.

The jettied Crown Hotel (left) dates from c1550, with a Victorian mock-Tudor front. The central archway is now filled in with a wooden Gothic-style door.

The shop front of W H Smith & Son is well-designed, and Barclay's Bank used a reticent, yet confident, typescript on their fascias.

Originally a narrow street of shops, houses and workshops, the redevelopment and widening of Market Street took place between 1822 and 1834 at a cost in excess of £250,000.

Opposite the Vectis Tavern is Terminus Road, where the Newport to Cowes Railway Company built its station in 1862.

Leatherhead is, like Dorking, a town on the River Mole, but it has suffered much architectural loss in recent years.

This view looks east from the upper windows of the old Town Hall along Church Street.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th- century flint-stone church of St Mary looks down on this spacious square lined with half- timbered

The Lloyds Bank building (right), originally a pair of attached houses, was built about 1870 before the decorative façade was added in two stages.

The parade of shops (left) proclaims that a once quiet seaside village is becoming a busy township - we can see Ellwood's, the Midland Bank, a chemist, and a newsagent and tobacconist.

The Chequers Hotel (left) is still in business, but the Freeman, Hardy & Willis shoe shop next door has gone - the building is now used by Eastern Delight.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

The placename is derived from Haecc or gate. The village is on the north-west edge of Pinner Park, itself a 14th-century deer park owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

In the late 19th century the Square was called Hydro Terrace. The Midland Bank is on the left, with Stead & Simpson's shoe shop next door. Wide streets denote a planned town.