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Just five miles south of Huddersfield on the road to Wakefield, Kirkburton in the 19th century was just as polluted by smoke as its near neighbours.

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

South of Kettering, the village of Isham's best parts lie east of the main Wellingborough Road. Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

Pisa is famous for its leaning tower, but Surfleet's church of St Lawrence is a notable south Lincolnshire rival, as it leans considerably towards the A152 main road despite two very robust buttresses.

two principal shipping companies were the Bristol Steam Navigation, founded in 1836 to take advantage of the Irish trade, and the Bristol City Lines, who were both owners and builders, with routes to South

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and south-east

Now known as the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, and with a large and rather poor extension replacing the clapboarded building to the right, this Georgian inn is situated on the south bank by the elegant bridge

This view of the promenade looks south-east around the curving sweep of the bay. The popular 3 ft 6in gauge tramway ran for four miles along this dune-backed coast to Llanbedrog.

This view was taken from the raised South Walk. Then, as now, it is a popular place for mothers to take their children out in prams: you don't see so many nannies these days though.

Nunney, lying just south- west of Frome, has a fine medieval church and the romantic ruins of a castle. The George Inn sign spans the entire road, clearly indicating its position.

Knowle, one mile south-east of Solihull, contains several interesting old buildings, including the medieval Chester House, and the heavily restored 17th-century Red Lion.

The street here is dominated on the south side by the slender spire of St Nicholas's church, unfortunately demolished in 1955.

The town has a long industrial background: it was once a centre for the production of copper—South Wales's first smelter was built here in 1584.

The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.

The following year, interest in this already popular facility soared owing to its inclusion in a series of BBC programmes based on South Wales clubs.

This little village stands on the edge of a cove in the chalk cliffs of South Foreland, where the road drops steeply down to St Margaret's Bay; it clusters around an impressive Norman church, built around

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.

Pennard stands high above a tidal creek some eight miles west-south-west of Swansea. The ruins are of a late 13th-century castle built on the site of an earlier stronghold.

Here we can see clearly the banded masonry along the south front, which was designed to impress, and the Eagle Tower, the Queen's Tower, the Chamberlain's Tower, and the Black Tower.

It shows the cathedral's twin west towers: the south one was partially rebuilt in the early 13th century after a storm in 1210, and the other was rebuilt in 1900 after being ruinous since collapsing in

Although the harbour is accessible in all states of the tide, south-easterly winds cause a heavy swell to enter the harbour, necessitating caution when navigating the entrance.

Silhouetted against the skyline, the south lock- house does not immediately appear to be a part of one of the county's major tourist attractions.

This is Chorley's main street, the A6, Lancashire's main north to south road; it used to get very busy in the summer.