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It has a large Norman Castle, and extensive remains of a medieval Cluniac priory. There was a medieval planned town running between the two: this early 13th-century gate is its northern entrance.

It is a quiet little place, and a good centre for exploring the far western edge of Dorset.

By the beginning of the 20th century, Lulworth was already a popular residential area for the better-off, who may have originally fallen in love with the village on a holiday visit.

The town is brimming with Georgian architecture - symmetrical red-brick buildings with large sash windows, typified by the classical facade of the Rose and Crown Hotel (the building itself is a good deal

There may not be anything in the way of a garden, but the flower boxes and tubs certainly help to brighten up what otherwise appears to be a parking place for bicycles and hand carts.

Three ladies are out for a genteel stroll, though the one on the left could be about to suggest a visit to the Kardomah Café.

On the small traffic island in the left foreground is the Jubilee lamp, which was paid for by public subscription to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V.

St Lawrence's Church was built in the Perpendicular style, and features a number of grotesque gargoyles that stare down from the eaves.

The town of Shrewsbury is almost completely encircled by the River Severn.

Oast houses - kilns for drying hops - took on this characteristic 'round house' shape in Victorian times. Today, these Victorian oasts make attractive houses.

The Village Pond c1955 A tranquil view of Rottingdean pond, replete with model sailing boats hardly stirring above their reflections on a warm summer's day.

This part of the village is separated from the rest by the stream.

Kendal has always been an important service centre for the southern Lake District, and today is the headquarters of both the South Lakeland District Council and the Lake District National Park Authority

Passengers have plenty to look at whilst they await the arrival of their ferry.

On the other hand, the main street of Willaston has changed very little. Notice Aston's (right) – it is still there.

Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today) and South Hessary Tor, and with

This café is the sort of simple building that once proliferated in the Basildon area.

It originally stood on the corner of Argyle Street and Grange Road, but it was moved to its present location in 1929 in order to make way for the Mersey Tunnel approach roads.

Three stages of construction can be seen here, with the central section probably the oldest. The insubstantial timbers in the right-hand wing were probably plastered over originally.

Some were used for the cottage industry of glove making, but most were farmhouses, and the village is still an agricultural settlement with a working farm at its centre.

Lack of maintenance led to its collapse in 1970. A preservation trust was set up, taking many years to raise the money for restoration.

The Boat Inn, as its name suggests, sits right on the bank of the River Wye. Perhaps its name implies that there was once a ferry crossing here long ago.

The town became famous for its artistic community, the celebrated Newlyn School of landscape painters.

These are the first houses we see as we enter the town from the north; they have been described as 'an outstanding group of mostly 15th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings'.