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Christchurch Road, seen here as it enters Boscombe, must be one of the longest streets in England, as it runs the full distance between Bournemouth and Christchurch.

Eype in the days before it was invaded by caravans and the steady influx of tourists who now descend to the beach at Eype Mouth.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

A small boy in a rowing boat gazes at his reflection in the waters of Windermere in this summer photograph.

The wings are additions of the 1800s. When this photograph was taken, Bower House was the home of the Ford Marketing Institute.

It is interesting to wonder whether the owner of the delivery van parked outside the New Inn was dropping off goods, or indulging in a pint of the excellent local cider?

Portland, 'The Gibraltar of Wessex', as Thomas Hardy called it, is not an island but a peninsula.

The horizontal plume of smoke from the funnel of the ship moored off Sun Pier suggests that the glass shelter on the right might have offered welcome protection from an off- shore breeze

Built of red sandstone, St John's has links with Queen Isabella (1292-1358) and the Guild of St John Baptist (founded 1342).

This pleasant stone-built Victorian seaside resort clusters beneath the steep craggy slopes of the coastal mountains on Conwy Bay, and looks across the broad eastern approaches of the Menai Strait to Anglesey

Some of the sandstone cottages in the village of Swainby are still known as the Miners' Cottages, remembering the village's brief spell as an iron mining centre during the 19th century.

This pond is a remnant of the castle moat, which was reshaped in 1784.

Davey Place was formed in 1812 to link the cattle market (in Castle Meadow in front of the castle) with the main market place, butting through the yard of the King's Head.

The Basildon Development Corporation aimed at providing a wide range of different types of housing—both for visual reasons, and also to attract residents from different income-groups.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

King George III put Mudeford on the map when he visited the then tiny village in 1803.

A great abbey, built by Orc, a Danish servant of King Canute, superseded a Saxon church here. The Abbey thrived for 500 years until its destruction at the time of the Reformation.

Inside the church at Bere Regis are the grand tombs of the Turberville family, immortalised as the D'Urbervilles in Thomas Hardy's novel.

It was here, on rough sandy banks, that the St Ives pilchard fishing boats of the 19th century were drawn up clear of the beach. St Ives Station can be seen directly behind the boy in the foreground.

Behind the right hand side of the chute can be seen the central section of the Maxim Flying Machine ride which was under construction.

This somewhat isolated hotel near Cardigan was built to provide visitors with magnificent views of the sea and Cardigan Island, where seals and porpoises are to be seen frequently.

Although the register dates from around 1560, the beautiful interior of the church owes much to restoration carried out in the mid-1800s.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

Here we have another view of North Landing, showing the brick-built lifeboat house.