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Bishop's Cleeve has now become something of a small town, a dormitory for nearby Cheltenham, but it still has an attractive setting under the slopes of Cleeve Hill.

Upper Slaughter's tiny church has been 'restored' on several occasions, not always sympathetically.

One of the most colourful events on the Thames, Eights Week takes place in May: it is then that the college barges and the river banks rapidly fill up with riverside spectators and those who simply enjoy

Queen Victoria's Scottish physician Sir James Clark thought that the climate of upper Deeside might alleviate their rheumatism, and they took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847, subsequently rebuilding

Across the broad expanse of the High Street is the portico of the Town Hall, which was rebuilt in 1790.

During the winter months these rough seas are common on this coast. A terrible storm in 1871 claimed the lives of six local lifeboat men.

In the 17th century, the second marquess wrote a treatise on the use of steam and water-power in which he anticipated the invention of the steam engine.

A carriage with top-hatted coachman waits patiently outside one of Cheyne Walk’s many grand Georgian brick houses.

The river meanders through the grounds and beside the flowerbeds of this park, which adjoins The Walks.

Pictured from the beach, the sheer extent of the Grand Hotel becomes plain.

The development never happened; one problem was the continual danger of erosion of the cliffs. This kiln is now surrounded by holiday caravans and chalets.

Blakeney Point, a shingle peninsula owned by the National Trust, is a haven for wild birds and also the home of thousands of seals.

The bridge at Potter Heigham has headroom of only six feet at high tide.

Wimborne enjoys a delightful setting close to the banks of the River Stour.

The Isle of Portland guards Weymouth Bay from fierce south-westerly gales, though it is a rocky peninsula rather than an island.

The inscription reads: 'Here lies the heart of Thomas Hardy OM, son of Thomas and Jemima Hardy. He was born at Upper Bockhampton 2 June 1840 and died at Max Gate Dorchester 11 January 1928.

The busy fish market on The Wharf. The wooden building on the railed platform is Shore Shelter Lodge, one of the famous St Ives Fishermen's 'Lodges', where fishermen gathered in their spare time.

The 104 acres of the lake are only 3 miles from Rochdale cen- tre and were a popular rendezvous by the mid 1860s.

his street forms the left fork of the junctions of the three main streets, and is the quietest of the three. On the corner stands the Bull's Head public house.

Today the great conurbation that is Bournemouth has absorbed older settlements nearby and has linked up with the ancient towns of Christchurch and Poole.

Bracknell grew up from the inns on the road between Ascot Heath and Reading, once a popular haunt of highwaymen who lay in waiting for their quarry among the trees of the old Windsor Forest

The chapel was the burial place of David II, James II and James V. The chapel was sacked during the revolution of 1688, but the real damage was done in 1768 when the roof collapsed.

Ludham is a crossroads village set on higher ground between the rivers Thurne and Ant, both tributaries of the Bure. It is at the head of its own tributary channel to the Bure, Womack Water.

Worston once stood astride the main A59 road, but now it is happy to be a quiet backwater in the shadow of Pendle. This sleepy scene is typical of the lovely villages in the area.