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Eastgate lies to the west of Stanhope on the A689.

Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.

The latecomer amongst Dorset's holiday haunts (the author Thomas Hardy called it Port Bredy), West Bay hamlet grew up around historic Bridport Harbour (centre) and its double piers, which protect a ship

Continuing south-west, the route reaches North Curry, a village on the low ridge that separates West Sedge Moor from the Tone valley.

The line was opened in 1864 to link the iron industry of West Cumberland with coal from the West Durham coalfield, but it soon became popular with tourists visiting Keswick and the northern Lake District

A mile to the west lies Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.

This view looks west towards one of two shelters, past the brick-walled sloping bed used for those 'say it wth plants' commemorations so beloved of municipal gardeners everywhere.

The south side of West Allington, looking westwards from the White Lion Hotel to the Old Inn.

The castle is situated five miles west of Canterbury; all that remains of the Norman fortress is a part of the keep in the north-west angle.

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the 'Bridport News' office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Attempts by earlier generations to turn West Bay into a leading holiday resort never quite worked, though a great many caravans and holiday flats bear testimony to its popularity.

Its growth, however, owed much to the development of coal mining to the east and south-west, and later to the north-west.

The west front of Lichfield Cathedral dates from the Decorated period, but most of this amazing display of sculpture is Victorian – only five statues high up on the north-west tower are original.

The esplanade and suburban seaside at West Bay rise to the west (left).

In the early decades of the 19th century the district of Saddleworth covered 35 square miles and included over 70 hamlets and villages.

Situated on the south-west side of the village, the church was heavily restored by Frederick Peck of Maidstone in 1872.

In a well-treed setting, the church is seen from the west.

West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s.

A Panorama south-eastwards across Allington hamlet and West Allington street to the Rope Works, St Michael`s Works and Priors Mills (middle distance, left).

This interesting photograph shows Hereford Cathedral before the reconstruction and considerable embellishment of the west front by Wyatt, which was completed in 1908.

Someone once commented that 'if West Chiltington church was in Italy, people would make pilgrimages to see it'.

Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

A mile to the west lies Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.

Exeter was the furthest west that the Romans ventured.