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On the horizon we can see the outline of the 12th-century church of Llangwyfan and the circular sea-wall of its cemetery.

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

Moving south-west, the tour reaches East Harting, a hamlet east of South Harting, the main village with the parish church.

The name of this lane, which runs north from the junction of High Street and Lewes Road, refers to Sackville College.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

Young day-trippers on the beach are preparing to enjoy a traditional ride on one of the six donkeys retained here for the purpose during the summer months.

There are many monuments in the church and in the graveyard to famous people, including Sir Thomas Fleming, who was the Lord Chief Justice who authorised the execution of Guy Fawkes, and Admiral Lord Hawke

but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added in 1832, after the collapse of

The house on the left, occupied by R W Fayers & Son, builders, was the home of Sir John Turner, who built The Custom House.

The next views are of the residential roads laid out to the east of Brighton Road.

The hamlet of Mill End, about a mile west of the centre of Rickmansworth, grew up along the main road to Uxbridge to serve a watermill and factories.

This architecture is not exciting, but very user-friendly: a corner shop with others adjacent, each with their good timber fronts, and on the opposite side of the road The Bell pub, making up a standard

Prior to 1582, documents referred to this village as 'Blechingley', meaning 'the ley (or clearing) of the Blaecci people', and its origins probably date back to the 7th or 8th century.

This is the splendid 12th-century church of St Michael and All Angels with its Norman arches.

Now the Tenby Sailing Club, the large building on the left is the former Sleeman Stores; built in the 18th century, it stood on piers, spanning the sluice.

Although they are outside the City of Nottingham's boundaries, Carlton and Gedling are really its eastern suburbs.

The population grew in the 19th century, especially after the opening of the colliery here in 1897. Today the town is most notable for its rows of terraces winding round the valley contours.

Baldock Street leads northwards out of Ware towards Thundridge. The higgledy-piggledy row of pubs, shops and dwellings has hardly changed over the years.

Selsley was, until 1863, a part of Kings Stanley ecclesiastical parish. The church's design is based on one at Marlengo in the Tyrol, and has important glass from the workshops of William Morris.

The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.

William Hancocks of Blakeshall Hall and his wife laid the foundation stone of Cookley church on 20 February 1849.

A church at Ellington is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. The chancel arch of the present church dates from the 13th century, and the tower was added in around 1390.

This is a charming turn- of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, which is the main access into the town.

The ancient steps known as Granny's Teeth protrude from the inner side of the only surviving section of rough locally-sourced medieval walling at the Cobb.