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The church stands at the entry to Bodmin and was passed by everyone travelling through the county before the town was by- passed by the A30.

This attractive group, which makes the most of the possibilities of tile-hanging walls, is on the Petworth Road just south-west of the Green.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

The pediment on the left is that of the main west elevation facing the town: the graceful columned portico can be glimpsed through the trees.

It also had a Norman motte and bailey castle whose earthworks survive quite well.

Without through traffic, this thousand-year-old village retains its rural traditions and sense of history. A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.

Oving, west of Whitchurch, lies off the main road, and is a very pretty village on the Portland limestone ridge.

Ray Park Avenue was one of the first roads laid out and has some houses of the 1870s.

Much of it is in Perpendicular style (although Norman features remain), and there are later additions. It stands in a raised walled churchyard with its four entrances at the compass points.

Built of flint and stone, it has a Perpendicular nave, chancel and west tower. The top of the canopy has been repaired in brick. The Norman font is a large single-scalloped capital.

The cathedral looks massive, but is in fact relatively small; the central and two western towers are of no great height. The original church built by St Wilfred was destroyed in 950 AD.

This pleasant stone-built Victorian seaside resort, just west of Conwy, clusters beneath the steep craggy slopes of the coastal mountains on Conwy Bay.

This shows pre-war motoring at its peak, moving both ways up and down West Street, which was the A35 main road.

Once this lock on the Aire and Calder Navigation opened at 10am on 20 July 1826, trade boomed between the North Sea port of Hull and the West Yorkshire industrial heartland.

he first effective spinning mill in the west of Scotland was built at Rothesay. Between 1787 and 1834, the number of cotton mills opened in Scotland rocketed from just 19 to 134.

Pound Street continues south-west from Hiugh Street; it is more cottagey, apart from two grander houses on the left. The street is little altered, apart from more formal pavements and roadway.

Although not large, the church is a superb and complete Perpendicular Gothic building of high quality and some originality, particularly in the west tower's design.

From this view it is obvious that the town occupies a ridge between the two rivers: the land drops to the Great Ouse (see the previous views) and to the Ouzel, as we see here - this view was

The limestone obelisk has a ball finial and is mounted on a square base.

A short distance to the west of the town centre, the stepping stones have long provided a foot crossing of the River Rothay, at least for those with good balance; they link Ambleside with properties

St Andrew's Church stands on the high ground to the west of the River Ash's water meadows. Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London.

The tree on the right has since been replaced with cherry trees on either side of the west door.

The high walls of Petworth House dominate the west side of the town.

The cathedral looks massive, but is in fact relatively small; the central and two western towers are of no great height. The original church built by St Wilfred was destroyed in 950 AD.