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In summer months there is an atmosphere of palpable excitement here, as an endless stream of people winds its way down the hill into the heart of the town, turning at the old granite church of St Ia into

This is a typical atmospheric Georgian hotel on the steep hill up through the town.

Its old cottages with their colourful gardens, its ancient church, and lovely scenery with Bredon Hill just in the background, make a visit a memorable experience.

Danbury Hill is the second highest point in Essex, and the old village spreads downhill from this point.

Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'wooded hill in the territory of Billa's people'.

Two lads enjoy the view from the hillside above Newby Bridge, the small village at the southern end of Windermere, with the low south Lakeland hills in the background.

The view is westwards from East Cliff to Golden Cap, with Langdon Hill (top right) forming the inland horizon on what is now National Trust land.

Popular belief is that the rowdyism was encouraged by the presence of the nearby Woodbury Hill Fair. Today, Bere Regis is a charming and peaceful village.

In the background is the Lose Hill-Back Tor ridge.

In medieval times Holcombe was built up a hill to escape the plague in the old village below. It prospered thanks to coal mining, and packhorses carried the coal down the street to the Fosse Way.

The extensive dockland area lay out of sight behind the wooded hill and the power station.

The high, windswept Clee Hills would have been an excellent place to light a beacon celebrating Victoria's jubilee, the occasion described in this poem.

Great Malvern village is set against the stunning backdrop of the Malvern Hills, that great range of summits that rises above the surrounding plains of Worcestershire; they form one of the finest ridge

On the downs above Osmington is this famous hill-figure of George III, 108 yards high and 93 yards long.

Market Hill is lined with elegant Georgian buildings, with St Peter's Church at the top.

The castle is superbly situated a few miles to the north of the city, on Cave Hill overlooking Belfast Lough. It was built in 1870 by the Third Marquess of Donegal and was given to the city in 1934.

The Spain may have been named after Spanish wool merchants who gathered here to trade for wool and cloth, and Music Hill is where 18th-century military bands played.

Near the village are the remains of a sizeable Iron Age hill-fort.

St Mary's church and the ruins of Whitby Abbey stand on the hill overlooking the harbour.

Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield, in Upper Wanborough. The Cottage Shop was once a shoemaker's premises.

Pewsey is a small town in the middle of the Vale that bears its name, noted for its white horse cut into the downland at Milk Hill.

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along