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Unlike many of its rivals, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire never sold out to the railway companies, some of whom made a policy of buying up canals, then running them down so that they could gradually

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy. Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right).

Going north to the Godstone to Reigate road, that part of the A25 that runs along the greensand ridge south of the North Downs, we reach the village of Bletchingley.

The 1890s terrace with its four gabled full-height bay windows steps down the hill; the left-hand one on the corner of Outwood Lane is now no longer a Barclays Bank, but the offices of financial consultants

Note the house halfway down the street on the left with six windows and a central pedimented doorcase. This is Unicorn House, No 28, which had its moment in history.

Wareham St Martin's (right), standing on King Alfred's Town Walls, is Dorset's earliest complete church. Anglo-Saxon arcading was replaced by Norman arches in the 12th century.

You could get your feet wet stepping down into the Southdown Omnibus Office over on the far side of the Square and what on earth is that greenhouse doing in front of the statue?

Down past the latticed railway bridge is the new road over the bridge to Middleton. At this time, before the First World War, the town is still very relaxed.

Narrow boats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river. One such can be seen sandwiched between two barges.

The walls have been constructed of flints (which are copious in the chalk hills of the South Downs) and edged with stone at the windows and doors.

The building is of about 1300 with an unbuttressed west tower of 1707, when its spire was taken down. As

The bare chalk in this view of the Whiteleaf Cross is nowadays not seen so clearly; the downs have since become covered in trees and scrub, with woods in the middle distant field.

As we move further west, we see a part of St Mary's Street with an interesting mix of buildings with alleys leading down to the river front and The Meadows.

The smock mill on the right, so called because of its resemblance to a countryman's working dress, became derelict and was blown down some years ago.

This lane from the hamlet of Shore snakes down the hill past a huge mill chimney.

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up on the top of the Downs

We are on the slope of the Downs between Eastbourne and Polegate. A nearby vantage point at Combe hill is 638 feet high.

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

When this picture was taken it was rather run down, but a major refurbishment has improved it wonderfully.

Mr Chapple opened his garage further down the street in 1914 – note the petrol pumps on the pavement – and on either side are a barber's shop and a café advertising teas.

This was one of the many narrow alleyways leading down to the harbour area. From here children could play safely, and the fishermen could prepare their nets and their boats.

The 180ft-high spire dominates the town, and looks down onto the heart of the shopping area.

It is still a popular tourist attraction - note the figures looking down on the visitors from Marten`s Tower.