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This branch of the river passes through the Mill Brewery, at this time owned by Linolite Limited, and on to the weir by St John`s Bridge and the Avon Mill, eventually joining the other

takes its name from the round stones, or popples (like the pobbles of Budleigh Salterton), that abound in the area; it was a fording place over the Otter for centuries before its stone bridge

Motorists speeding through Duffield on the A6 miss this view of the fine buttressed bridge across the River Ecclesbourne.

It closed in 1974 with the opening of the M5 bridge, which carried a walkway and cycle track along with the motorway. Little commercial traffic now passes through to Bristol.

After crossing the Wye Bridge, our man from Frith captured plenty of activity and detail in this photograph of the main street.

Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.

Bridge Street was one of four main streets intersecting at Market Gate. All were not only shopping streets, but a key part of the regional road network.

Harnham Bridge crossed the Hampshire Avon just south of Salisbury between the twin hamlets of East and West Harnham. The former was a parish in its own right.

The fine viaduct behind was built across the River Tiddy in 1908 to replace an earlier bridge, and still carries the main line railway.

An iron works was opened in 1837, but it was the discovery two years later of ironstone deposits at nearby Shotley Bridge, and the opening of coal pits during the 1840s, that sparked off the town's growth

The swelling population certainly seems to be causing congestion on this narrow bridge.

Bikes seem just as popular in this view, which looks east towards the Suspension Bridge.

Immediately to the right of the inlet is the Bedford Rowing Club's clubhouse; further right, by the bridge, the Moat House 1960s tower block is mercifully out of shot.

This seven-arched road bridge was built in 1775 to carry the Great North Road over the river. It replaced earlier crossings dating from 1190.

Yalding boasts the longest bridge in?Kent, crossing two rivers over 150 yards. This photograph was taken on a summer's day, when the river was low.

When it was built in 1248 it was an outstanding piece of civil engineering for its time, as it involved the diverting of the River Frome from its junction with the Avon at Bristol Bridge.

Northamptonshire's most famous historian, John Bridges, was born here in 1666.

The bridge just beyond the pumps goes over the railway line; this was the scene in 1894 of a terrible rail accident resulting in 14 deaths when an express train ran into a wagon that was being shunted

Like much of Bridge Street and the Circus (shown here in the foreground) this street, too, is now a smart pedestrian area.

The weir, a mile up the river from Totnes Bridge, was built in 1581 to provide water for the town mills, and marks the end of the freshwater Dart - below here the river is tidal.

Behind us is the bridge across the young River Pant. As recently as the early 1900s, it could still only carry horses - not carts.

Overlooking a bridging point on the River Wye, Ross was an important meeting place from early days.

This shows Old Hall (the former medieval Guildhall), the church, Church Lane, Friday Cottage (far right), Fen Lane with its finger post, and the bridge over the river Brett.

Here we see a very clean Bridge Street lined with interesting buildings – the street tempts us to explore its secrets.