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Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and surviving wife, was born here in 1512; at that time the castle was in the hands of Sir Thomas Parr.

Now the open area of the pier (empty in 5241) is a busy car park.

This is now the southern entrance to the Three Horse Shoes shopping complex; the entrance also leads to the central car park and the library and museum.

Some parts of Victoria Park were left as woodland, and bracken, silver birch and oak thrive. It would be difficult to guess from the photograph that this was in the centre of a town.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

Here we have a closer view of the impressive entrance to Nonsuch Park Palace, with its stuccoed white walls and the prominent three-storey central tower incorporating angle buttresses, battlements and

The lorry is parked outside the former Cockpit, dating from the 1660s. It later became part of the Fisher Theatre circuit from Norwich.

The Shepherd's Inn to the right is little changed today, though its car park has been extended to cater for the increase in motor traffic.

Silecroft, near Millom, stands at the southernmost extremity of the Lake District National Park, at the foot of Black Combe (1,970ft).

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

The art gallery and museum is easily reached from the park.

The residential suburb of Curzon Park West lies across the Dee to the south-west of the race course.

A delivery van is parked outside the grocer's shop in the Main Street of the small cul-de-sac village of Haverigg.

This is an excellent view of the fascinating shop front of 'J Cooper - Groceries and Provisions', with Mr Cooper's delivery van parked outside.

The path, one of the most popular in the Peak District National Park, is now boarded on this section, which often floods in the winter rains.

The delivery truck parked on the left hand side is outside the post office. The Ford Popular car seems to want all the road.

This is a view of Queen's Drive within the park. It was given this name following the visit of the Queen and Prince Philip to Stourbridge in 1957.

Between the trees in the foreground we can see a caravan park with what appears to be a dwelling made from a former railway carriage.

The hamlets of Eastgate and nearby Westgate were once the east and west gates of an enclosed deer park belonging to the bishops of Durham, and were probably created for tenants who owed the Bishop service

As can be seen, cars are still painted black and parking meters (being trialed in London in 1955) and 'No Waiting' yellow lines are still a few years away.

In 1852 a suspension bridge was built over the Dee to link the suburb of Queen's Park with the Groves on the north side of the river. In the distance can be seen the mills and the Old Dee Bridge.

The Cross Keys pub stands behind the parked vehicles. Today the pub has been converted into cottages, but the name survives, because they are called Cross Keys Mews.

Set on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Moorsholm is surrounded by some beautiful countryside with picturesque lanes affording endless lovely walks.

The suspension bridge and park to the right are virtually unchanged, and you can usually see boaters out on the water.