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This small village sits between the sea and fields of bright lavender. At Caley Mill there is a lavender water distillery, and in late summer the fields shimmer with a deep blue.

The Village 1923 Freshwater gets its name from the supply of pure clean water rising so near to the sea.

The inn is now closed; at one time there was a bowling green nearby from which it may have taken its name. Outside stands an AA patrol van.

Another fishing village, Polkerris had one of the largest fish cellars in Cornwall, so big that it was known as a fish palace.

The £8 million suspension bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in September 1966 to carry the new M4 motorway from England across the Severn Estuary to South Wales.

The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.

This is a bit of a misnomer, as it is only a T-junction – but the view is virtually unchanged today.

Bowls has long been a popular game in Lancashire, and there is considerable rivalry between the many clubs of its towns, villages and pubs.

Trams are no longer crossing the bridge at the time of this photograph, but cyclists and pedestrians are well in evidence, and cars have now started to appear.

The Rev Keith Holloway is reading the oath at the top of Star Lane.

The castle had two main towers and a further tower guarding the entrance on the north side.There was no keep. Kentish Ragstone was brought across the River Thames for the construction.

Another view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.This must have been

This picture of the village is typical of rural Wales in the 1960s. A small number of houses still manages to support a pub and grocery store - this one is part of the Mace chain.

Cranborne Church, at the heart of the ancient hunting Chase, is one of the largest churches in Dorset.

The corner shop on the immediate left distinguishes Llando Terrace.

This sprawling modern village grew up with the coming of the railway at the junction of the A267 and B2203.

Overlooking colourful Chichester Harbour, Itchenor lies at the confluence of the Bosham and Chichester channels of the estuary and was originally named Icenor.

The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary.

The tiny hump-backed bridge at Ashness on the narrow road which leads up from the eastern shore of Derwent Water to the Norse hamlet of Watendlath has been seen on countless Lake District calendars,

The Beach 1894 Two youngsters are digging for shrimps in the sands of the beach at Arnside, where the River Kent enters Morecambe Bay, while in the background three adults sit on the seawall.

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

The paddle-tug 'Boston' was built at South Shields in 1875 for the Boston Steam Tug Co. She had a wooden clinker- built hull and was powered by a grasshopper engine.

Here at Wardley's Creek, a crew waits patiently as the rising tide approaches its peak to float their yacht from its resting-place, cut from the muddy banks of the inlet.

Salcombe is a small port at the mouth of the Kingsbridge estuary. It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.