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Pewsey is a small town in the middle of the Vale that bears its name, noted for its white horse cut into the downland at Milk Hill.

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

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.

Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

St Mary's church and the ruins of Whitby Abbey stand on the hill overlooking the harbour.

Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

This is a closer view of Darley Dale, looking towards the solitary tree-topped Oker Hill, which was the subject of a sonnet by William Wordsworth published in 1829 about two local lads going to war

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

In the distance to the left are Bradda Hill, Bradda West and Bradda East.

Japanese plants and shrubs were planted, and at the time it was said that Oak Hill Park had one of the finest rock gardens anywhere in the country.

Georgian buildings line Market Hill, with St Peter's Church at the top. The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in a former 16th century inn, and he lived and worked here for many years.

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

Unlike many similar local newspapers, it has survived to the present day at its Richmond Hill offices.

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.

The view looks towards the town from the causeway across the valley, with New Bridge at the bottom of the hill.

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

The church is built with granite from Tregonning Hill near Breage; granite is notoriously difficult to work, and this accounts for the relative lack of decoration of many Cornish churches.

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down 29 locks to the valley below.

Other pictures of Swimbridge looked north towards a hill, from which this view is taken. Of note is the amount of tree surgery that has taken place, particularly around the church.

St Mary's, standing on Bury Hill, can be seen from most parts of the town. The fine brick-faced buildings on the right are Frank Bailey's garage, with a repairs workshop behind.

It is not the highest of the Cleveland Hills: Burton Head rises to 1,485 ft, but Roseberry is acknowledged as offering the finest views.