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Today, of course, it has Butlins Holiday Camp to support its holiday trade.

This route heads for the beautiful Mendip Hills, the carboniferous limestone ridge that separates the Avon valley and Bath and Bristol from the rest of Somerset.

Built in the mid-13th century by William de Fortibus, Cockermouth's defences were enhanced on three sides by its location at the junction of two rivers.

The local church here contains the graves of two Englishmen - both remembered for entirely different reasons.

The Saracen's Head, with its ornate, wrought iron portico (right), was one of the city centre's leading hotels.

If we look closely, we will see ladders reaching up to the eaves of The George Hotel, the white building behind the clock tower.

In 1877 the hall was sold again, and then began a chequered existence of rentals and military occupation in wartime.

Market Hill was the hub of the town; here the stocks held felons two at a time until their crimes had been expiated.

The thatched 17th-century King's Head pub still stands on the left, and the re-fronted Red Lion Hotel is still in the centre of the Bull Ring.

Behind the tree on the left of the photograph can be seen the old Middleton Hotel, completed in 1876.

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

Lynn (the King's was added by Charles I in recognition of this town's loyalty to the Royalist cause) lies about 1.5 miles inland, where Lynn Cut meets the Great Ouse.

Here we see the Royal Exchange from the corner of Market Street and Cross Street.

Playing on the sands seems to be an enjoyment forgotten today, but here these youngsters certainly seem to be enjoying themselves on Egremont beach.

If we look closely at our top photograph, we will see that the turrets and tower of the New Brighton Tower building are missing.

A tall brick boilerhouse chimney extends to nearly the height of the windmill cap. The smoke and fumes discharged from the chimney would have smoked up the windmill when it was downwind.

Just west of Cootham, the main road curves away north-west to by-pass the Parham estate, whose east drive continues straight ahead.

These artisan terraces still line the Ford Road, their view terminated by the Roman Catholic cathedral of St Philip Neri, giving the town on its ridge a distinctly French character in distant views

The integrity of the Rollright stones, which stand near the A34 in Oxfordshire, cannot be verified.

This prompted them to obtain permission from the Pope to build a new cathedral a few miles away, now the site of the famous Salisbury cathedral.

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industri- alised by the late 18th century.

Cliffe perches at the end of the long chalk ridges, overhanging the marshes of the Thames. It was formerly an important place until a fire in 1562 gutted the town.

This was constructed in the early 19th century by Walter May so that he could enjoy a prospect of the sea; however, the South Downs prevented his dream from being realised.