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On the left is the railway line, which was built in 1860 to replace most of the canal up the valley from Looe to Moorswater.

Grosmont is now the northern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway, where it joins the Esk Valley line to reach Whitby.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley.

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

The church of St Giles, with its north tower and unusual octagonal spirelet, was rebuilt between 1857- 8 by S S Teulon, and overlooks the Uley valley.

The Heads of the Valleys Road had not been built when this picture was taken, as it shows the A465 old Merthyr road leading into King Street, Brynmawr.

Happy Valley was described as one of the best public parks or 'leisure grounds' in Britain, and was presented to the town by Lord Mostyn.

Just inland from Scarborough, along the Forge Valley, lies the peaceful village of Hackness.

Malton stands at the junction of several roads above the Derwent Valley south of the North York Moors, and has been an important market centre since the Middle Ages.

Motorists drive this way today to visit the shell keep of the medieval castle standing high above the Fowey valley.

It is said that two giants were digging in the area to form the valley of the River Severn, and the Wrekin was formed from all the spoil they dug out.

A local character lounges on a wall on the left in the charming and unspoilt village of Morland, in the Eden Valley. A

There were several dramatic floods in the valley of the Stour in the last half of the 20th century, though its waters seem calm and restrained in this photograph.

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge further down the valley).

Britain's most important centre for the manufacture of broadcloth, this mill town sprawls across its wide valley, a huge piece of industrialisation in a wonderfully natural setting.

Standing in the upper Douglas Valley, Wigan was once a market town, but by the mid 19th century it was a major centre for Lancashire's coal industry.

This rural valley, in the parish of Vaynor, was in Breconshire until 1974.

The long, broad street winds through this attractive market town, that sits in the valley of the River Culm alongside the busy M5 motorway.

Yet one can still sense the pall of smoke that lies over all of the buildings in the valley.

The clock tower, erected in 1902 in memory of George the son of Potto Brown, still provides shelter for visitors on their way to visit the famous mill or using the Ouse Valley Way.

Not far away was once a Norman castle, strategically placed to guard the river valley; it was occupied until the downfall of Warwick the Kingmaker, who owned it in the 15th century.

Lower Brockhampton Farm is so secluded that it sits quietly in its own valley, a mile or so from the nearest road.

This expansive view down the valley of Great Langdale shows Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.

Across the valley behind, known as Rifts Wood, is the footbridge known as the Ha'penny Bridge - a reference to the toll which was levied when crossing the bridge.