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With the waters of Lyme Bay visible beyond the Hillcliff grocery store further down this steeply-sloping street, the pleasing 18th-century façades of the shops and buildings frame this scene of late

St Thomas's was once a chapel of ease to St Stephen's church, down in the valley next to the River Kensey and close to Launceston priory, of which some ruins remain.

When the clock strikes the hour the doors slide open and Godiva rides once again, while Peeping Tom (a mythical figure) leers down at her from a niche in the wall above.

This was taken from Buss's Dock looking down river.

We look down through the ironwork of the churchyard entrance to the water splash, and up to Stay Barn on the other side of the Brett valley.

The stall holders and the ice cream man must be wondering where the customers are.They must either all be at work, or down at Rudyard Lake for the day.

They called it 'the Taj Mahal of Morecambe', and it was a wonderfully eccen- tric and ornamental building until it was burnt down in 1933.

Beyond the bus stop the cluster of petrol pumps has been replaced by a BP garage slightly lower down the hill, and the garage on the right has been re-built as GVC (Vans Direct).

The stream ran down from Pen Hill through this pond to provide motive power for the corn mill over the road and below the Heifer Inn.

We are looking down the street in the opposite direction to photograph B672001, with the Forge Hammer now on the right.

As with so many East Devon villages, a tiny stream - the Beer Brook - runs down the main street, first on one side of the road and then on the other.

The current building here dates from 1858, its predecessor having burned down.

Timothy Whites down on Stephenson Place has a new frontage, and the billiards sign has been consigned to history.

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

The town's growth came from the nearby coal mines - they are now closed. The most noted industry now is the well-known Ibstock brick company, which sells to customers world-wide.

This view down Bridge Street, looking towards Bridge Foot, shows the impact of the redevelopment of the earlier 20th century.

In the centre is the Institute, and the shop with the blind down was F Bromley, a butcher's.

The farmhouses and cottages all have steps down to the street because the old unmetalled road to Cambridge had been gradually lowered by use.

The setting is very pretty too, with the Downs rising on one side and the Amberley Wild Brooks, a haven for wildlife, on the other.

The rest were pulled down in 1781. It was rebuilt in about 1380 for Archbishop Simon of Sudbury. Until 1829 it was the city jail, but in 1906 it became a museum of arms and armour.

Southwards, between the River Whitewater and the North Downs, the land rises to 700 ft, one of the highest points in Hampshire. The countryside is unspoilt.

As Jerome K Jerome observed, 'only the tiniest corner of it (Walton on Thames) comes down to the river'.

This quirky artist is Cookham's famous son, being born at Fernlea further down the High Street in 1891 and buried in the churchyard.

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.