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On May Day morning a famous Oxford tradition is upheld when the dons and the Magdalen College choristers gather at the top of the Perpendicular bell tower to sing a Latin hymn.

The Royal Pier, at the eastern end of Mayflower Park, was opened in 1833 and for many years was the largest in the south of England.

Jane Austen visited the town and mentioned it in one of her novels, while Charles Dickens chose it as the birthplace of his eponymous hero in 'Nicholas Nickleby'.

This area was once known at St Andrews Gardens; after the Prince and Princess of Wales, later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, opened Alexandra Park, the park was later renamed in honour

This is probably the most beautiful of all Leicestershire churches, floating here above the trees and grassland, its magnificent late 15th-century tower dominating the market place and the south side of

The settlement was once the centre of a local iron-working industry, and the white-painted Gun Inn with its swinging signboard was where John Browne, the local ironmaster, designed ordnance for the navies

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

The prosperous town, built where the sea meets the wild heathlands of Dorset, is one of the largest on England's south coast.

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled, moving it further away from his new home.

Southbourne stands above the seven miles of golden beaches that attract the tourist again and again to this part of the coast; a cliff railway facilitates access to the sands.

The fishermen are carrying casks of pilchards from the harbour past one of the many quaint old cottages that make Polperro so attractive to visitors.

Here we see the view southwards along South Street, from the taxi rank (left) to the tower of St Mary's Parish Church (right of centre). This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock.

One of the college's more interesting pupils was Joseph Wright who had begun working at Salt's Mill, Saltaire when he was just seven years old.

The Angel Hotel was one of three hotels that catered for motorists, the others being the George and Dragon, and the Brunswick.

We leave Frimley and travel to Bisley, on the road to Guildford. The Hen and Chickens public house is to the right of the picture, with the road going towards Guildford.

The miniature railway was one of the major attractions of Drusilla's and still is, though the engines are somehow less utilitarian and more convincingly based on steam locomotives - the best one

It is fortunate that the church at Great Witley, built by Lady Foley in 1735, and decorated under the guidance of the artistic Earl of Dudley, survived the fire.

Seaforth Cottage, a neat and symmetrical Georgian Cottage ornée with rustic porch, would not look out of place on Marine Parade in Lyme Regis.

Still a mixture of residential and commercial properties, Fleet Road is nonetheless well on the way to becoming Fleet's principle shopping street.

Described by Edward Thomas the poet, as 'hunching soft' in Lutcombe Bottom, this idyllic scene below Stoner was lost to us in the late forties with the demolition of the cottage.

In this view, the Market Place shows signs of a limited amount of redevelopment.

Charlotte Bronte stayed at the vicarage of the hillside town on Hathersage in 1845; the rector Henry Nussey proposed to her but she declined him.

It stands in front of a row of pretty tile-hung buildings. In total, 107 buildings in the village are listed as having special historical and architectural interest.