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We are looking towards Stair Hole, where the downlands of Dorset meet the sea, is hollowed out by vast caverns, many used by smugglers for centuries.The South West Way Coastal Footpath, once an old

We are looking south from Lower Gatesgarth.The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

The latter benefited from huge quantities of the bird manure 'guano' imported from South America to Whitehaven, carried by rail to the town in tons, and retailed by J and W Maxwell in Cornmarket

Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton.The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a pele

Known as the Judgement Porch from its carved scenes of the Last Judgement, the south porch of Lincoln Cathedral led into the richly carved Angel Choir, the east arm of the cathedral built for St Hugh's

From Victorian times up to the start of the Second World War, Goudhurst and other Wealden villages among the hop fields were subjected to an annual late summer invasion of entire families from South

The large south window of the chapel is filled with 16th-century glass and is the work of Flemish craftsmen.

St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south.

Lewes, the medieval guardian of the gap through the South Downs cut by the River Ouse, occupies a fine hilltop site which produces a superb townscape.

In the background is a popular promenade called the Bulwark, an embankment extending for about a mile on the south side of the river.

Two miles south east of Rotherham, Whiston was a large village by the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley.

Holland had worked for the Duke of Bedford at his seat at Woburn Abbey some ten miles south-west of Bedford, and the duke had acquired the old inn in 1787.

Named after the original landowner, Justin de Cave, South Cave is a village of two halves, separated by the castle, built in 1787.

The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.

Two miles south-west of Othery, the Taunton Road skirts the Mump, a natural tor rising steeply from the surrounding Moors.

This view, from the south east near Vicarage Road, shows a heavily Victorianised medieval church; it further suffered in 1943 when a bomb blast destroyed all its stained glass.

Scott also rebuilt the river bridge in 1864, a fine red brick one in a medieval style, seen here from the south by the Thames. We can just see the church spirelet.

Lawrence was one of Wellington's infantry, serving in the 40th Regiment of Foot in campaigns from South America and the Peninsular War - where he was wounded in the storming of Badajoz in 1812 -

This view looking south over Lindow Moss towards Alderley Edge, overlooks the area where Lindow Man, a first-century sacrificial victim, was found in 1984.

The church is comparatively plain apart from its large 15th-century traceried window on its south side.

Harvington Hall near Chaddesley Corbett lies 3 miles south east of Kidderminster.

Roman Lanchester, or Longovicium, lies half a mile to the south-west; it was one of the principal forts along the road between York and Hadrian's Wall, and was built about the year 122.

The view looks south-east; the pond on the right survives, and on the left is the Boys' and Girls' School with its bellcote.