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Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

Here we are looking east towards the hill down to the Hamble River.

A peaceful view of Howth harbour, looking along the sea wall towards the tower and the east pier.

Aptly named, this wide street wends its way down to the river.

This view looks from Market Square down Friargate.

The view down the High Street has changed very little, but the increased volume of traffic has brought traffic lights to the junction with the road to Over.

This rural hinterland is both beautiful and mysterious, filled with history and crammed with legend.

The same road widening seen in the previous picture led to the demolition of the white-painted end house in this shot.

Whitehall is the traditional home of the offices of goverment and here are the Treasury, the Home Office, the Privy Council and, of course, the entrance to Downing Street.

Set in the heart of Broadland, it has been called 'little Venice', with soft green lawns spreading down to the water's edge.

This view was taken in Albert Road looking down Widnes Road.

The fountain dates from the 18th century, and water flows down a channel made in 1803 'for cleansing and fire fighting'.

This view was taken from Nettlecombe looking towards the thatched Knapp House and St Mary's Parish Church (centre).

Mary, Queen of Scots was born here in 1542, and Prince Charles Edward Stuart stayed here in 1745.

We are looking eastwards back down the street.

We are looking down the main street of the charmingly-named hamlet of Appletreewick in Wharfedale, with the prominent 1,550ft fell of Simon's Seat in the background.

Peaslake has had its fair share of colourful residents down the years.

Loose is situated just south-east of the Medway; it is an unusual village that spills down the hillside towards the valley bottom, and is surrounded by hop and fruit gardens.

Washington, at the crossroads of two ancient routes, lies at the northern head of a 'wind gap' in the undulating chalk downland of high ridges and dry valleys.

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Behind is a typical ramshackle scene: a heap of firewood, a tumbling-down boarded building advertising 'good stabling' to visiting riders, and a trio of beached row-boats for hire.

Down the slipway beyond the historic Ferry Inn, car ferries ply to and fro across the waters of the Fowey.

The church was burned down in the blitz, but restoration started in 1949 and the church was finally reconsecrated in 1957.

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is the sign for The King's Head public house, which in 1583 was known as The George, and later as The Sun.