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The town, a prosperous agricultural centre, consists mainly of this long street, with its attractive lines of trees, which widens at its west end into a picturesque boulevard with grass verges.

Local dry stone walling, brick and Swithland slate are all here in abundance, as the road drops down from Maplewell Hall to the village centre.

A short distance to the west of the town centre, the stepping stones have long provided a foot crossing of the River Rothay, at least for those with good balance; they link Ambleside with properties

St Mary's church, here without a tower, became a church centre in the late 1980s. The post office and adjoining house remain, but there have been many changes since 1960.

At the top of the High Street stands the old National School, now the Village Hall (centre).

The Board converted the manor into a medical rehabilitation centre to accommodate men and women between the ages of sixteen and seventy who were recovering from physical disabilities resulting from injury

Behind The Old Tea House (centre right), which is still trading, is a hardware shop. At Christmas there is carol singing in the Square.

at the immaculately maintained gardens here, with flower beds and lawns that require a great deal of attention, it is easy to understand why so many such areas have disappeared from the centre

The Beach Café (centre) is doing good business, and the imposing outline of Huntcliffe dominates in the distance.

We are looking south, with a good view of Yarm Town Hall, built in 1710 and standing in splendid isolation in the centre of the High Street.

To the right is the Civic Centre and the library.

The village store stands on the right, and in the centre there is a horse-drawn vehicle. The scene looks surprisingly modern.

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge. The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957. Part of the newly-laid-out Piccadilly Bus Station can be seen here, looking very clean and neat.

The town has also developed as a conference centre.

Castle Combe was originally the site of a Roman villa; the Normans built a castle here, and for centuries the village was a centre for cloth weaving.

This view looks south to the old Town Hall, the building in the centre in the distance. The street is thronged with farmers and their families.

It is now home to the National Mountaineering Centre at Plas Brenin, but has been known for many years for its superb view of the Snowdon 'horseshoe'.

On close examination today, 'Kendalls' (left of centre) was rebuilt in the 1970s as a vague facsimile, and 'Man's Shop' was redesigned in aggressive 1960s glass and concrete frame style.

West of the town centre, Mill Street climbs uphill to West Street and remains little altered since the 1950s, although the bus stop has gone.

The block near the centre of the Esplanade, completed by Speed in 1904, was of major benefit to visitors, providing both restaurant and accommodation facilities.

At the centre are the public swimming baths housing two saltwater pools, the larger capable of hosting international water polo matches and, when boarded over, doubling as gymnasium.

The old Town Hall (centre right) was built in 1752 on the site of the old Guildhall; the front is thought to have come from a demolished mansion.

The site is now merely a car park for the somewhat less distinguished Regis Centre. Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye