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Go back to the Avon valley, turn right at the traffic lights by the Viaduct Inn, then left towards Lower Limpley Stoke.

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.

The former London, City and Midland Bank has become plain Midland Bank, but familiar names such as Hepworths and H Samuel remain unchanged from earlier years, though sporting modern faciae.

Great Mitton is on the north bank of the river, and Little, or Lower Mitton on the south bank, with the River Ribble (which we can see here) in between.

Bank Park was fashioned out of the private gardens of Bank Hall.

The Backs, which are the lawns, meadows and gardens behind the colleges which back on to the River Cam, are a favourite place for recreation.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

E J Tong the ironmongers next door are still in business and still in the same building, and so is Barclay's Bank.

However, there are some fine Georgian and Victorian buildings - one is the bank at the far side, peeping our behind the trees.

The town boasts a maze that goes back to prehistoric times. Most of the buildings we see here remain much the same, although their functions have altered.

Holy Trinity Church, built in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, has a register dating back to 1563. After falling into disrepair, it was restored in 1894.

In the picture we have two buildings from the 1930s: Lloyd’s Bank (1932) with its giant arch, and the National Provincial Bank with its neo-classical portico.

It looks more like an ornate bank. Indeed, the borough offices expanded into the neighbouring Old Bank in 1926, the hard red terracotta building to the right of 1887.

On the north bank, Embankment Gardens were laid out in the late 1880s with wide tree-lined walks along the river bank.

Holy Trinity Church, built in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, has a register dating back to 1563. After falling into disrepair, it was restored in 1894.

Spring Lane, originally called Back Lane, branches off from Riverside and can be seen at the top centre turning back into the main road. This is the centre of the old village.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

The sinking of the Fitzwilliam and the South Kirkby pits in the 1870s led to a huge rise in the population; the town was rebuilt with hundreds of back-to-back terraced houses.

Here we see the buckthorn-covered dunes in the Park or Jungle; we are looking towards Roman Bank, with bits of the main footpath visible through the trees.

The Lloyds Bank building on the right has been renovated, though the exterior is similar. The Crown to the right of it is now a building society.

The foreground field is now housing, Honey Banks and Hampden Road, with Bank Farm in the dip below. Beyond is the clocktower at the centre of the town.

A popular location, it is somewhat surrounded by uninspiring housing estates and housing, such as the 1950s Bell Banks bungalows opposite, but it and Bell Banks Road are living links with

The solid brick building two doors down, then the National Provincial Bank, is now Natwest. Further down is Boots the Chemist, the Midland Bank, the Lamb Inn and Moors Garage.