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The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

The River Leam and All Saints' Church from the suspension bridge.

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664. At some time during the 19th century the pub frontage has been modified so that there are continuous windows on two floors.

The Grand Western Canal was part of a grandiose scheme to link the Bristol and English Channels between Taunton and Exeter. There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton.

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.

A ferry was first recorded as being in use here in 1323, and when the idea for a footbridge was first mooted there was a great deal of opposition.

On the banks of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century

This overhead view of the Broomielaw area of the city shows the George V bridge in the foreground.

The Clydach River is a tributary of the Usk, and joins it between Abergavenny and Crickhowell.

In the middle distance can be seen Queen's Bridge over the River Lagan, and beyond is industrial Belfast hard at work.

The lush fields are clear to see, as is the bridge, Raleigh Cabinet Works, and the estuary. The sandbars visible even at half tide illustrate why shipping to the town was lost.

This elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

This traffic-free view of the town centre from Bridge Street conveys the history and feel of the place instantly.

Field Marshal Conway's great 18th-century landscape improve- ments and garden buildings in the grounds of Park Place included the rustic boulder-bedecked bridge on the right, carrying the Wargrave

Powick's older bridge was the scene of a Civil War battle in 1651 when Royalist troops under Montgomery held it for two hours against superior Parliamentary forces.

Originally, 18th-century Gwy House in Bridge Street was a privately owned family home.

The Clayhithe ferry ceased operating in 1875 when a company was formed to replace it with an iron bridge to be maintained by tolls. The Cam Sailing Boat and Motor Boat clubs now use the old moorings.

Below Acle bridge a provisioner brings supplies of fruit, vegetables, milk (in churns) and other essentials to holidaymakers and people living on houseboats such as this one on the right.

In this photograph the cottages had only recently had their thatch replaced and the wall, next to the woman with the dog, rebuilt.

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.

Here we see the junction of the Hathersage road and the road leading down to the bridge over the Derwent.

The medieval bridge over the River Ouse was started in 1332 to connect Huntingdon with Godmanchester, and the respective authorities paid for three arches - note the different styles - with the builders

Tragically the left hand side of the road was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by appaling flat-roofed buildings.

Here we see pupils at play in the street outside the old school at Whaley Bridge. Note the pinafore-wearing girls and the white starched collars of the boys.