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Queen Victoria much admired the town of Dartmouth and its beautiful estuary, recording in her journal that '...the place is lovely, with its wooded rocks and church and castle at the entrance.

This view shows the northern end of Thirlmere, looking towards Great How Wood and the Castle Rock of Triermain.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

Middleton – its full name is Middleton- by-Wirksworth – was a quarrying and mining village which produced the famous Hopton Wood stone.

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

The trees of Low Wood stretch out into the lake, while the steep scree-clad slopes of Illgill Head - the famous Wasdale Screes - soar up the southern shores.

Middleton - full name Middleton-by-Wirksworth - was a quarrying and mining village which produced the famous Hopton Wood stone.

Fernhurst lies due north of Midhurst in rolling, wooded border country near the Surrey town of Haslemere.

There are fine views over the town and to the wooded slopes beyond.

The wooded nature of the river banks is noticeable, and only the industrial scene on the far right of the picture would suggest that this is near the centre of a busy modern industrial town.

Nevertheless, walkers eager to gain the heights of 'Pilson' should not miss the wooded heights of nearby Lewesdon Hill, a very enjoyable tramp.

In the background we can see the wooded escarpment of High Fields, which overlooks the pantile roofs of the village street.

The architect John Wood the Elder planned the Parades as part of an area based on the architecture of ancient Rome.

Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'wooded hill in the territory of Billa's people'.

William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

Above the second shop on the left, the wood is brown and its walls are cream; the second bay window has been removed. The fifth shop along is Boots, which now occupies three of the shop fronts.

From Boarsbarrow Hill, this view looks to St Mary Magdalene Parish Church and Georgian Loders Court, which is the home of Viscount and Viscountess Hood (centre). The woods of Waddon rise behind.

Tackett or Ticket Wood is said to get its name from the nonconformists who worshipped here illegally centuries ago.

Heading up to the old Heath, we leave the village through Wood End. This area has been recently developed with new housing on the right and Blacksmith's End, a modern development, on the left.

Also buried here is the eccentric banking millionaire Jemmy Wood.

Lying at the foot of wooded limestone slopes to the east of Cringlebarrow, these rendered stone cottages, with pronounced dripstones protecting their windows and doorways from the rain, are typical of

The central doors, which can just be seen in this photograph, were made by the famous wood carver, Thompson of Kilburn: his signature, a mouse, is carved on the right-hand door.

In the village is a 19th-century church, and these peaceful woods are now the property of the National Trust.