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Village residents stare at the camera; over to the left stands the premises of W Wright, draper and outfitter.

Drayton, a suburb of Portsmouth, lies close to Portsdown Hill, a 7-mile chalk ridge stretching from Bedhampton to Fareham.

The original viaduct of 1847 collapsed after heavy rain, and was rebuilt three years later.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

These attractive timber-framed buildings are typical of the small dwellings which must have been common in the town in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The ornate circular iron railings attached to the balustrade were replaced by a set of public toilets that stood on the Parade, but were removed after the Second World War.

Taylforth's Crown Hotel dates back to 1770 when it was built as a coaching inn. The pony and trap seen here was a versatile form of transport.

The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.The

The machicolated heights of William Herbert's gatehouse and closet towers look down on the moat which surrounds the famous Yellow Tower, the work of his father William ap Thomas.

This shelter was opened in 1912 in the area known as the Spaw (a corruption of Spodden). There was a similar shelter near the Fairies` Chapel.

This was the latest of many wooden bridges to span the River Stour at this point on the main route from Essex (right) into Suffolk.

In its earliest days the Carno ford was used for the conveyance, by mule and pack horse, of iron ore to the Dowlais Iron Works from the Ras Bryn iron mines.

The church at the far end of the broad street is St Peter & St Paul's. Tile-hung walls are a feature of the town, and several examples can be seen here.

From the cross-roads at the centre of Romford we look towards London as a policeman prepares to control what little traffic there is.

Always bustling with shoppers, Falmouth's main thoroughfare turns to the right here at the church to continue along Arwenack Street.

For many people, the pub on the corner of the green at Pirbright will always be known by its former name. There was much local outcry when it was changed to the Moorhen a few years ago.

Byfleet is the last village that the River Wey passes before it joins the Thames at Weybridge.

The clock tower shown here, partly enclosed by an hexagonal shelter and situated at the centre of a traffic system, stands on the site of what once was a wayside chapel.

Ruffetts Cottages, High Road, on the right probably date from the early 18th century and at one time belonged to the Shabden Estate.

The White Hart has been a public house since at least 1775 when it was a smallholding with five or six acres of farmland.

The parish of Whalley was at one time extensive, stretching beyond Burnley. A Roman road marks one boundary.

He used to entertain the likes of Wordsworth and Coleridge at Clock House.

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme. Looking up Broad Street one can see a great variety of inns and hotels.