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Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

Here is a fascinating picture taken from the newly built block of flats, Low Cross Court.

The old tracks from the neighbouring village of Uplyme are the original routes into the town before the construction of the present road along the coast.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

We are in a marshy area—Amberley Wild Brooks, beside the tidal and navigable River Arun.The castle was a fortified manor of the Bishops of Chichester; it was crenellated c1377 to defend the coastal

Built on the site of an early Saxon church, the present St Mary's has elements dating back to the 12th century.

Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the War Office commandeered part of the grounds of Woodcote Park for training purposes and erected a large encampment.

This detail from R84037 (page 34) is a reminder of how our streets were once filled with a profusion of tobacco advertisements - Capstan, Player's, St Julien, St Bruno, Gold Flake, Senior Service - hardly

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

The parish church of St James is thought to date back to the reign of either Henry II or Richard I, though it was heavily rebuilt about a hundred years after its original construction.

Fore Street and the triangular medieval market place are the heart of the town: here we see the south side, behind the Market House's stand of horse-drawn cabs.

In 1873, this wonder of nature had a quarrymen's village at its entrance.

Situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff, Barry was the last of the great Welsh coal ports to be developed.

In translation, Tal-y-Llyn means 'the end of the lake': that aptly describes the location of the village, with its little church and inns in the shadow of Cadair Idris.

It is famous for the 'Paisley pattern' shawls which were the height of European fashion during most of the 19th Century.

The extensive remains of Ratae Coritanorum, the origins of the city, and a Roman regional capital, are not only to be seen exposed on the surface, but extend under surrounding build- ings.

Its official name is the Church of St Thomas and St Luke, but everyone in Dudley knows it as 'top church.'

As rural areas were eaten into by the great building boom, pleasant tree-lined areas of mature countryside were more appreciated.

The unusual 13th-century gabled chimney of the Checker (or Exchequer) building can be seen behind the old stone cottages in Thames Street.

Netley, on the east bank of Southampton Water, was another of Henry VIII's coastal forts, though this one was a conversion of an existing building, the gatehouse of Netley Abbey.

An earlier trickle of visitors has now given way to something of a torrent, though increased numbers have not diminished the attractiveness of the setting.

Burnsall lies in the heart of Wharfedale, where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as can be seen in the background of this picture.

This photograph is taken inside the walls of the Iron Age hillfort of Worlebury.