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To the left, the stone ramparts of Worlebury Iron Age Hillfort can be seen on the very top of the hill.

Beyond The Strait, Steep Hill commences with The Jew's House, a Norman stone house of the 1170s, before climbing more steeply up towards the cathedral and castle on the top of the hill.

Before clean air acts and the decline of the cotton industry, the only time people could see the Lancashire hills across the Mersey Basin was during Wakes week.

Uley Bury, from where this view was photographed, is acclaimed the most spectacular Iron Age hill- fort in the Cotswolds.

Castle Hill was one of Axminster's earliest residential streets, though always mixed with trade. The cottages on the right have survived, although they are much altered.

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill. The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

The pines of Hyde Plantation are on the hill behind and Hyde Hill rises eastwards (right).

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

It is noted for its surrounding countryside: to the west rises Harcles Hill (1216 ft), while over to the east stands Whittle Hill (1534 ft).

Old Hill's official name is St Thomas Hill, and it was once used as a toboggan run when there was snow on the ground — rather a hair-raising ride!

The point from which this photograph was taken, Seed Hill, was at that time in Yorkshire, but looks over the border, defined here by the Hodder, across a corner of Lancashire.

A contingent of Grenadier Guards is seen coming through the Henry VIII Gate into Castle Hill. The entrance, which still contains emblems relating to Henry VIII, was built in 1511.

Although the busy A24 now thunders past the old forge at the foot of Byttom Hill, the building is still clearly recognisable, although now expanded into a chic French restaurant, and with a bus stop

Bridgnorth is really two towns, High Town at the top of a steep hill and Low Town at the bottom.

This view looks north- westwards from Horseman's Hill.

To the right of the statue is Lark Hill, a mansion built in 1790 and formerly the home of Colonel Ackers of the Manchester & Salford Volunteers.

This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow.

The new town of Amersham on the Hill developed from the 1890s when, after 60 years of opposition, the Drakes and then the Tyrwhitt-Drakes finally allowed the railway to come to Amersham, but up the hill

A borough since around 1100, its name derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus' or steep hill. It is a delightful Ham stone-built town, hardly larger now than a village.

Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.

The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.

The Windmill, Argos Hill c1955. This fine post mill of 1835 still tops Argos Hill.

Its old mill became a carpet factory in the 20th century. Many visitors climb Eggardon Hill to the Iron Age hill fort. Thomas Hardy used the ramparts as a setting in his novel 'The Trumpet Major'.