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Ardingly hosts the South of England Show, an important agricultural event with livestock competitions and horse jumping, and has often been visited by members of the royal family.

It was already happening in the 1980s, when Royal Mail cleared the wharves on the south side of the river at Kingston and developed the largest mechanised letter office in the United Kingdom.

On the right are the Royal Baths, which cost nearly £100,000 to build; Harrogate was never parsimonious in its development plans - the Kursaal, which opened in 1903, cost over £70,000.

In Piccadilly are the stylish Burlington and Piccadilly Arcades, the Ritz, and the Royal Academy.

Thousands of tons of masonry fell and the old Royal Exhange was destroyed. The new Exchange was designed by William Tite and built at a furous pace. Within three years it was open for business.

The bank is now operated by The Royal Bank of Scotland. On the right, the Red Lion proudly displays its AA and RAC accreditation.

Around the beginning of the 20th century there was little difference in the cost of accommodation at either the Victoria, the Prince of Wales, or the Royal, though eating at the latter was slightly more

The terraces and buildings in front of the Royal Pier Hotel have been demolished, and rockeries and shrubs planted. There is also a new extension on to the Claremont Hotel.

Incidentally, the cross from the prison grave of the former Laurel Court teacher, Edith Cavell, was recently presented to the Royal London Hospital Archives, along with the Union flag which draped

On the junction with Westgate Street is the Theatre Royal, one of only three surviving Regency theatres in the country, built in 1819 by National Gallery architect William Wilkins.

Although belonging to the King, and known as the King's Manor, it was never used as a royal residence.

On 30 November 1745 a troop of the Royal Dragoons arrived in the town and were billeted overnight.

Renamed the Royal York Hotel when it was bought in 1983, it is a Grade 2 listed building.The station and hotel were designed by Thomas Prosser. Both thrive to the present day.

The Royal Victoria Pavilion, which stands close to the sands below the East Cliff, opened in 1904, and is pictured here when it was nearly new.

It had been a Norman stronghold and a royal residence. In the 19th century much reconstruction had taken place.

In 1995 members of the Royal Marine Band died here when the IRA bombed them during a parade.

With their barrack buildings in the background, and eight tents pitched alongside the parade ground, the officers and men of the Royal West Surrey regiment march off parade.

This was part of John Wood the Elder's Royal Forum of the 1740s, now unfortunately dominated by the interloping Gothic spire of St John the Baptist.

To the east of Waddington is a vast Royal Air Force station, but the old village core with its mellow limestone houses and cottages remains remarkably unspoilt.

Royal requirements were that a number of additional domestic buildings were erected, including apartments for the queen, the king's son and heir, and members of the household.

Though a royal fortress, Edward I was the last monarch to undertake large scale repairs and reconstruction; by the beginning of the 16th century it was in a dilapidated condition.

In the interest of national security this was counteracted when the Royal Military Canal was built as a defence against Napoleon in 1807, linking the Rother with Hythe.

of St Michael and All Angels is a George III coat of arms dated 1784, signed by the Richmond painter Robert Coatsworth; he helped to paint the scenery for the opening night of the Georgian Theatre Royal

The former Cistercian monastery, with its great east window prominent on the left, still fills the grounds of Studley Royal, but is now served by an award-winning National Trust visitor centre on the hillside