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There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high. The Norman church of St Mary was rebuilt in 1849, with a timber bell turret and a shingled spire.

Moving north-east of Waddesdon, the last two villages on this tour, Oving and Whitchurch, are on the Quainton- Whitchurch Hills, a ridge of Portland limestone that gives fine views over the Vale of Aylesbury

This picture is taken from the area of Hudson's field, looking northwards to the hill of Old Sarum.

A mile north-west of here is the Dover's Hill viewpoint, where the famous Cotswold games were formerly held.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

This smithy in this Wealden hamlet snuggled beneath the woods below Leith Hill was still busily occupied in the repair of farm machinery and the shoeing of horses.

In the background we can see the funicular railway for those not wanting to make the 485-foot walk up Constitution Hill.

Peel Fold, situated on the slope of a hill a short distance away from the main road, was originally known as Oldham's Cross.

interior is laid out in a series of tableaux depicting scenes from the lives of his characters, while in the garden is the Swiss chalet which the author had imported to the grounds of his home at Gads Hill

The former Corn Exchange of 1857 is on the left, obscuring the Market Hill Chapel of 1839.

On the hill beyond stands a Martello tower and the fortifications of Shorncliffe Camp, whose construction was undertaken under Sir John Moore during the Napoleonic War.

This picture gives a fine view up Surgery Hill and across the middle of Rhymney.

By the end of the 19th century, Church Road was Burgess Hill's main shopping centre.

Ten years later, the designer Laura Ashley opened a mill in the village to mark the start of what has become a fashion empire still in business throughout Britain today.

At the very top of the street is the Lion, where George Hill was also a baker and confectioner.

Down Briar Hill on the road from Glaisdale we come to the delights of Danby. The wide, open green provides space for visitors.

As we look at this mundane street as it drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning

The backdrop to this scene is Coopers Hill, where each Whit Monday the famous cheese-rolling event takes place.

It was developed from clay pits left over from old brickworks; it had formerly been the site of earthworks for an ill-founded attempt to excavate a tunnel through Swindon hill for the Swindon, Marlborough

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

The others are Bailey, Bull Hill, Portmore, Sandy Down, Walhampton, and Boldre itself.

Perched high on its hill in the background at left is the tower erected to commemorate John Cabot's voyage.

To the right of the picture are the Hall, now the Crown Inn, and the church. Behind the war memorial is Church House, the former Guildhall.