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The Cow Tower, with barges moored nearby, looks out from the edge of Cowholme, now in the riverside walk park, to the late 19th-century city expansion beyond the Wensum.

Much of the large area included in the centre is woodland. Here the ‘camp’ title is well justified by the neatly erected tents, with two people folding ground sheets (left).

In the background are the masts of cargo ships.

Once a popular riverside haunt for the locals, Hog Island is now known as Piper's Vale, and is more remarkable today as the north-eastern end of the Orwell Bridge.

With their top hats and stiff collars, Eton scholars have been an integral part of daily life in Eton since the College was founded by Henry VI in 1440.

Peering over the thatched roof is the battlemented octagon of the village church, rebuilt after two collapses in the 18th century.

Despite the throng of tourists on summer afternoons, Cockington retains its old-world charm with its picturesque thatched cottages, bee-haunted gardens, lovely old church and modest stately home.

Note the early appearance of double yellow lines prohibiting car parking.

Today the three villages of South, Middle and North Littleton all virtually run into each other.

Slough dates back to the 12th century, when it was a hamlet on the London to Bath road. The settlement later spread to the neighbouring parish of Stoke Poges.

This view shows part of the original castle moat, which was drained in 1862. At that time the rose garden was created, which lies within this beautiful woodland setting.

In its heyday, Swansea's industrial catchment was vast, easily encompassing the little village of Llansamlet. Overlooking the Tawe Valley, it grew thanks to its tin-plate and spelter works.

This view of the High Street at the Cross shows the war memorial (right). The Express Parcels Service is advertised next to the 18th-century Rose and Crown (left).

Peering over the thatched roof is the battlemented octagon of the village church, rebuilt after two collapses in the 18th century.

This attractive pedestrian precinct is just off Tavern Street. Although the feel is Tudor, the straightness of the lines says otherwise. The Walk was actually built in the 1930s.

With the opening of the railway in 1849, Bowdon soon became a popular residential area for wealthy Mancunians; the area around the church was particularly favoured during the 1850s.

Note the early appearance of double yellow lines prohibiting car parking.

The view from the top of Grange Hill over the Dee Estuary on a summer's day can be quite breathtaking. What more fitting site for the town's war memorial?

The photographer was probably standing outside the old school, now the home of the March & District Museum.

Many a year has passed since Mrs Gillam ran a small general shop in the village, stocking all manner of things from mops and buckets to sugar and sweets.

Visitors can walk in the footsteps of Shelley, Lord Tennyson and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Enjoyable seaside holiday activities never change, for the greatest joys of such a vacation are always the simplest. Here children paddle and play with toy boats in Boscombe's park.

During the latter half of the 20th century, villages such as Tibberton became favoured places to live for people working in neighbouring cities. New buildings appeared for commuting residents.

The low-lying marshes of the Broads were drained by windpumps until the 1940s, when electric pumps took over.