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Dugberry Hill is on the skyline (right of church tower).

A number of carriages are seen going up Castle Hill towards the Castle. The livery of the coachmen indicate that the occupants were high-ranking, possibly even Royalty.

The motor car is a fitting reminder that in 1902 Bexhill held the first motor racing trials in England, on a course leading from Galley Hill to the De La Warr Parade.

Now known as the Bear of Rodborough, this has been a stopping place for centuries, and played an important part as a collecting point for carrier services in this area of steep hills.

An empty village street in Silecroft, a small settlement at the foot of Black Combe, at 1,970ft the southernmost of the major Lake District hills and a fine viewpoint across the Irish Sea.

We are looking down to the road, the old Lewes turnpike from the slopes of the South Downs at Offham (pro- nounced 'Oaf-ham') hill; this was the mustering place of De Montfort's unfortunate Londoners

The junction of High Street and School Hill is still recognisable, though the shop on the left-hand corner is now an estate agents and the building is tile-hung.

Another view of brooding Pendle Hill can be had from Whitewell. The wooded area along the river moving towards the Trough of Bowland is said to be reminiscent of Switzerland.

We are looking up Beast Market Hill from the Newark side of the bridge.

Once known as Morton Foliot, the parish of Castle Morton runs a long way up to the Malvern Hills. St Gregory's Church dates from the 12th to the 14th centuries.

The original house, built by Mr Hutchinson Brown, was bought by Charles Birch Crisp who, in 1910, commissioned newly-qualified architect Oliver Hill to enlarge the house and design the gardens.

Sherwell Church (left) also belongs to the university and has been converted, and St Matthias, at the top of the hill, is still an active centre of worship.

Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.

The town has few buildings of historic importance, but the spectacular river scenery and dark green wooded hills make it a popular venue with visitors.

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

A semi-detached house of little architectural merit dominates the view here, but beyond is a glimpse of the Gumley Hills as the road swings right towards Saddington.

The small building at the far end of the quay, below Lantern Hill, with the small chapel on top, is the lifeboat station.

The 19th-century church of St Michael stands on a steep hill, and was built of snicked stone.

It stands on a quiet lane on Weston Hill, north-east of Broadwas, with magnificent views across the valley to the Malverns.

A local legend says that the church was to have been built on the banks of the River Roch, but every night the materials were mysteriously shifted to the top of a nearby hill by 'goblin builders'.

We are looking at the Tower of London from Tower Hill, with hackney carriages lined up on a summer day above the moat.

Situated at the top of a hill, Paul is the mother village for Mousehole down below.

Its layout is extremely elongated, with the castle and market area at one end and the church (with presumably the original settlement site) up on the hill on the other side of the valley.

Standing high on a hill with fine Sussex views, West Hoathly is probably best known for its historic church of St Margaret of Antioch.