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The quaint cobbled street of Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television

Unfortunately, when the bypass was built it actually went right through the village, cutting off the original settlement on the hill with its church from the later roadside settlement.

Though described in the mid 19th century as 'a poor town lying among hills', Stratton with its narrow streets is blessed with many fine old houses.

Rockingham stands on a steep hill above the River Welland; from the summit you can look out over five counties. Many picturesque thatched cottages and flintstone houses line the street.

The river Exe from Beacon Hill. This fashionable area was home to Lady Nelson after her estrangement from the Admiral. By the time this picture was taken, the holiday business was well established.

The Old Vicarage can be seen on the hill (centre).

A lone horse and cart trundles up the hill, but the then unsurfaced road is safe enough for children to play in.

Over the hills in the distance lie Ilfracombe and the Bristol Channel.

This row of delightful cottages is on South Church Street, the hill out of town. The gas street light on the left is now replaced by an electric one.

The main road from Poole to Bournemouth was called Parkstone Hill until the 1890s, when a castellated house called The Castle was built on high ground near the top.

These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield, in Upper Wanborough. The Cottage Shop was once a shoemaker's premises.

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

The tram and cyclists here are heading up the steep ascent of Cleeve Hill, which is not far from the village.

The village, on the eastern side of Garsington Hill, to the east of Oxford, boasts many stone-built houses and picturesque cottages.

It was demolished, along with the adjacent buildings including the Ship Hotel, in 1938 to make way for Fort Hill and the

Branthwaite Brow is one of the three streets which meet Kent Street as it leads up the steep hill opposite Miller Bridge. The others are Finkle Street and Stramongate.

Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

Robinswood Hill once served the city with water via Scriven's conduit. It is accessed via Reservoir Road, off Eastern Avenue.

This impressive hill figure in tribute to the King, showing him riding on a white horse, was carved in 1808 at the bidding of John Rainier, a local worthy.

This local landmark stands on Fish Hill. Broadway Tower is a 65 feet high folly built in the 18th century by the 6th Earl of Coventry.

Now on the A25, this village lies between the north downs and the Leith Hill sandstone range.

This view, taken from the bottom of Main Street, looks up the hill towards the station. It shows the bustling town, with a carriage and a cart the only wheeled traffic.

Thurstaston Common is one of the highest points on the Wirral Peninsula, and an ideal vantage point to view the hills of Snowdonia across Caldy golf course and the Dee Estuary.

Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.