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Selling is a pretty village of orchards, oasts and timbered houses set amongst hills. It summons up the essence of the old county of Kent with its hop gardens and orchards.

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast

The hill-top town of Shaftesbury, or Shaston as it is sometimes known, owes its foundation to Alfred the Great, showing much evidence of its Saxon origins.

The village of Upper Beeding nestles against the hills. Confusingly, Upper Beeding is lower than its namesake Lower Beeding, which lies about 15 miles away near Horsham.

We can see a postman outside, struggling up the hill with his wheeled hamper of mail.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

Stump Cross Caverns, on the summit of Greenhow Hill on the road between Pateley Bridge and Grassington, were discovered by lead miners seeking new veins of the then precious ore.

St Lawrence's Church provides good views towards Wincanton and the hills on the boundary with Dorset. Its tower has a cupola and plaque dating from the restoration after a storm in 1703.

The spade missed, but struck the hill instead, causing the gash now known as the Needle's Eye. Walking clothes seem to have changed considerably in the last one hundred years.

Crays Hill is a thoroughfare settlement in the parish of Ramsden Crays—the name ultimately coming from the 12th-century de Crei family.

Nearby on the summit of Blacklow Hill is a monument to Piers Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II.

Trees, sailing yachts and the foreground stone wall contrast with the darker hills overlooking Llandudno in the distance.

This steep hill was always a challenge to even the best team of horses. Chideock was bypassed towards the end of the last century.

Bethesda House was once a Wesleyan Meeting House for the benefit of older folk who found it difficult to walk up the hill to the Wesleyan Chapel.

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Moreton is the last resting place of Lawrence of Arabia, who lived nearby at Cloud's Hill. He died on the Bovington road in May 1935 riding his beloved motorcycle.

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

It was for the building of the Promenade and the surrounding crescents and terraces that many of the quarries were opened in the neighbouring hills.

Although best known for its castle, Framlingham's heart is Market Hill, in a town where many of the buildings are in fact made from stones removed from the castle.

The view looks down Cornforth Hill towards Bridge Street; the whitewashed building was the Oak Tree Inn.

Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television commercials.

This part of the Severn between Stourport and Lenchford remains one of its most pleasant stretches, the river running through a valley and wooded hills.

We are looking towards Botney Hill at Little Burstead. The long fields in the distance were filled with houses soon after this picture was taken, with the development of the Basildon Drive estate.

This picture shows it being drawn up the steep hill by its hidden cable system - the same design as that used in San Francisco.