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The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

The Douglases were a powerful family: they were wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway and skilled in war.

Highcliffe was well and truly within the county of Hampshire until the latter half of the 20th century, and it remains close to the Hampshire border. As

Situated on the Cambridgeshire border with Bedfordshire, Gamlingay was once a thriving market town.

The Castle is situated in a strong defensive position, bordered on three sides by the tidal reaches of the Haven, and its landward side protected by a ditch.

The original town was built around a six acre lake called the Mere, its southern edge bordered by a large village green.

Fernhurst lies due north of Midhurst in rolling, wooded border country near the Surrey town of Haslemere.

The Forest now begins some distance away, though its heathlands still border the town.

The county border is not far away. Many of the farms in the parish date back over 800 years, and there are a number of picturesque cottages.

The thatched roof has an unusual border above the edge, which reflects the pattern of the ridge. An early tractor stands in the yard.

The hop fields of the Kent/Sussex border have decreased in recent years; modern oast houses are square boxes.

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

The embankment borders a curve of the river and is a mile-and-a-quarter long. Nottingham folk have been coming here to relax and stroll under the trees for over a century.

Ticehurst is an old Roman habitation near the Kent border.

Ascot, close to the Surrey border and situated in a wooded corner of the county that was once part of the ancient Windsor Forest, has a strong suburban feel to it, with an abundance of Edwardian

Ascot, close to the Surrey border and situated in a wooded corner of the county that was once part of the ancient Windsor Forest, has a strong suburban feel to it, with an abundance of Edwardian

Located in the border country between West and East Sussex, Keymer (or Kymer as it used to be known) has been held by some of the country's richest and most influential families over the centuries.

Sitting right on the English/Welsh border, Oswestry has always served as a market centre for a wide area extending well into central Wales. Even today, the Welsh language can sometimes be heard here.

Halstock is a large village close to Dorset's border with Somerset.

It is bordered by the sea on one side and a meandering river on the other.

Said to be the highest town in Surrey, Haslemere is 500ft up in the hills close to the borders of both Sussex and Hampshire.

The first castle was built at this border town within twenty years of the Norman conquest. A delivery boy with his basket completes the scene.

Its boundaries brush hard against the borders of neighbouring Hampshire. The heathland all around is still relatively unspoiled, and rich in archaeology.

Close to the Wiltshire border, this little market and wool town has retained many of its 17th- and 18th- century buildings, such as the Eight Bells Inn, seen here on the right.