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After the war, Brighton and other Sussex towns were still popular for holidays, but in the 1960s package tours took the tourists abroad.

It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

It is hard to imagine a town with a population of 2,000 being short-listed for the Welsh capital when it consists essentially of two intersecting streets.

In a predominately rural area such as the Lake District, there are few towns.The major ones actually within the Lake District are Kendal (which has a separate chapter), Keswick and Windermere

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis had as its focus the hot spring-fed baths, where citizens of the Empire flocked for rheumatic cures.

By the 18th century, Bishop Auckland was an important market town at a crossing point of the Wear.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor, for the castle has been a royal residence since 1075.

Sad to relate, this restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development

One of the lasting impressions of Bolton that many a visitor has is of the grand Town Hall, with its portico of Corinthian columns and tower topped off with a French cap.

Hollybush Lane lies in the southern part of the Garden City, and its tree-lined footpath and grassy triangular area typify Ebenezer Howard's vision of a ordered village atmosphere.

Until 1974 Stourbridge was in Worcestershire, and was always considered slightly posher than its Staffordshire neighbours.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

Over the years the Town Hall, on the right, has been put to many uses.

That room was the mayor's personal receiving room, and the windows meant that a watch could be kept for anyone important approaching the Town Hall.

It was the home town of General Hector MacDonald (1853–1903), who enlisted in the 92nd Highlanders at the age of 17.

The town, now mercifully by-passed, has a remarkably complete High Street, considering the volume of traffic that used to choke it en route to the coast.

It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way its name is pronounced: 'Ucheter', 'Uxeter', 'Toxeter', 'Itcheter', to name but four.

Front Street is a long wide high street that leads down to the River Blyth.

The stooks lend period atmosphere to the harvest scene; the view today is far more built-up.

It is an ancient town with a medieval layout and a wide gently curving High Street, now mainly pedestrianised.

William Cobbett described the town in 'Rural Rides' as 'a nasty ill-looking place', full of “East India plunderers, West Indian floggers, English tax-gorgers… gluttons, drunkards and debauchers of all

The brick building on the right has gone, and the timber building beside it has been extended.

The large cupola adorns the Co-operative building and beyond, the clock tower identifies the Town Hall.

It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way its name is pronounced: 'Ucheter', 'Uxeter', 'Toxeter', 'Itcheter', to name but four.