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Only a century and a half ago Hyde Park was bordered by mire and wilderness. Londoners tended market gardens close by which are now smothered by the buildings of Kensington.

Its close proximity to the Dorset border makes it an ideal place to stay for anyone exploring both counties.

In this relatively unspoilt village the buildings are of various materials, including brick, flint, clunch (chalk) and sandstone, which reflects its location on the border between the South Downs and the

The Kent-Sussex border divides the village in two, but this area, the older part with tile-hung cottages clustered around a triangular green, is in Kent.

Something of its former village quality remains, and it is still bordered by open countryside - something that not many towns in this county can claim.

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and so it became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754.

Most of the mills built here were for cotton spinning and weaving; so many were established in the locality that just across the border in Derbyshire there is even a town called New Mills.

A walk through the countryside around Uplyme often takes you as much into Dorset as Devon, for the county border weaves around the ridges, woods and tiny brooks of the locality.

In medieval times it was a market town owned by Combermere Abbey, a Cistercian abbey on the Cheshire border.

The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary.

Here we see a section of the lawn, some well-maintained borders, and the castellated gatehouse entrance to the grounds.

There is another High Park Farm too, just across the Staffordshire border.

This delightful scene near Coltishall shows a private garden bordering the river, with steps to enable the owners to alight from their boat. The boathouse can be seen further along the river.

Warren Drive with its neat bungalows and semi-detached homes provides the northern border of the Elm Park Estate, an impressive residential development inspired by the extension of the District Line

Pictures of Shaftmoor Lane taken around 1900 show a delightful country lane bordered by trees and hedges.

Something of its former village quality remains, and it is still bordered by open countryside - something that not many towns in this county can claim.

A wooden bungalow with its own mooring is similar to many bordering the rivers of the northern Broads.

There are actually two Langwiths - Nether and Upper - in north-east Derbyshire, near the border with Nottinghamshire and not far from Mansfield.

It was not until 1970, however, that the M6 reached England's northern border at Carlisle.

Built as one of a series defending the English border from Welsh attack, the castle had already fallen into disrepair by the 1600s, when it was refortified during the Civil War.

About one mile to the north-west is the bastle house of Low Old Shield, one of many fortified farmhouses built during the days of the Border raids.

The picturesque coastal town of Eyemouth is situated five miles north of the border where the Eye Water flows into the North Sea.

North of Daventry and close to the border with Warwickshire, Welton stands on a hillside above the Grand Union Canal. Its name comes from the springs and wells in the area.