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Whitwick is a mining village, and is set amid some of the best scenery of Charnwood Forest. As early as 1293 it was granted a weekly market and a four-day fair. This view shows Market Street.

Here the expanding village can be seen from the Llangattock side of the Usk. To the left, a diagonal road of houses rises en route to Llanbedr.

Newnham Paddling Pool in Lammas Land, pictured here with just a small handful of die-hard paddlers and bathers, and a park keeper looking on.

One of the university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection

A lavish late Victorian interior gives an idea of the comforts to be expected by guests at the hotel. A variety of furniture is provided, seemingly packed into the room.

This view of the donkeys and their handlers, the 'donkey boys', also includes, on the right, the portable darkroom used by Frith's photographer. Behind is a row of bathing machines.

Here we see plenty of donkeys and riders. Note the two portable ramps with iron wheels, which were used to help passengers get in and out of the pleasure boats.

The neatly-tended garden beside one of the thatched boathouses provides a vantage point to watch boats on the broad. Note the old tyres protecting the corner of the staithe.

As a reminder of Tetbury's wool trade heritage, an annual woolsack race is held up the town's steep Gunstool Hill, each competitor carrying a burden of wool weighing 65 pounds.

There is a small Garden of Remembrance here, together with one of the town's wells. The Bath House is behind, with its chalybeate spring producing water at a constant temperature.

A classic view of a 'boreen' or small road. The luxuriant vegetation reveals the almost Mediterranean climate of the west coast, whilst the roads hereabouts are dotted with isolated smallholdings.

This part of east Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

These one-man shows, which reached the height of their popularity in Victorian times, were based on the character of Pulcinella, the impudent hunchback from the Commedia dell'Arte, which originated

He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.

To the left of Carfax there used to be a 'pennyless bench' where beggars sat and women sold butter.

There are over 130 lakes in the Water Park, making it the largest man-made complex of its kind in Britain.

Lose Hill, at 1,563ft, is the eastern extremity of a fine ridge which runs from Mam Tor.

Taxal Lodge was a boarding school on the outskirts of the village. Note the single-storey extension and the fire escape ladder from the upper bedroom in the gable of the main building.

Two farm carts make their way down the drive, which is lined on one side with fir trees and on the other with the battlemented brick wall which is generally believed to form part of the original garden

Dovercourt lies south of Harwich. Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall.

The town is built close to St Osyth's creek, and takes its name from the wife of a 7th-century Essex king. The remains of a superb abbey are to be found close by.

The farthest headland is Penlee Point, home of the lifeboat 'Solomon Browne', which was lost with all hands in December 1981 during a gallant attempt to rescue the crew of the coaster 'Union Star' in a

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in Dorset, famous for its eroding cliffs and splendid views across to the Isle of Wight.

Busy market stalls cluster around the Victorian clock-topped monument in the Market Square of Heckmondwike on a summer afternoon.