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A narrow black line around the windows was added to commemorate the losses suffered by the Accrington Pals in the First World War.

The paler seawater beyond the point is polluted with clay brought into the bay by the Par stream.

It owes its continued existence to the patronage of the Saxon kings of Wessex and its adoption by the later Normans.

Buttermere takes its name from Old English, and means 'the lake by the dairy pastures'—where the butter is made.The farmstead of High Stile is still in the same business a thousand years later.

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

This photograph captures the spirit of the British at play by the sea; today, the Witterings form part of a continuous ribbon of beachside development.

The name was then taken by the two main families that owned land here – the Leghs and the Leighs.

Viewed from the west, the façade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door.The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

In this view, the ancient St Andrew's church and the church school of 1887 stand together above the pond, fed by a spring seen in the foreground.The springwater was used by the villagers and sold

Opened by the Queen in 1993 the Cardiff International Arena is described by its owners as the 'complete venue'. Its facilities are certainly impressive.

Cattle graze Rodborough Common, which is now, as the sign indicates, owned by the National Trust.

Situated under the downs, very close to the Long Man, the former manorial grange at Wilmington had, by the 13th century, developed into a small priory.

By the 1980s the Conservative government had closed Britain's coal mining industry following a series of crippling strikes.

Old barns and farmsteads were scattered along this road, but by the 1960s had become houses. Here we see the Wyre Garage and general stores.

He now stands by the church, having stepped back to make room for the city's war memorial.

A niche above the gateway once held a figure of the Virgin Mary and below, much worn by the passage of time, is carved a lion's head.

A lawnmower stands in the corner of tennis courts, overlooked by the Railcross School for the Deaf.

Its ornate façade is, however, hardly matched by the plain functionality of its interior.

The problem was solved in 1787 by the construction of a three-acre dock here.

This is the most spectacular house in Ipswich, redesigned c1670 by the Sparrow family. The first floor has oriel windows, in the centre of which are the arms of Charles II.

Through the telegraph pole we can see the roof of the former forge, owned for many years by the Burch family.

However, the chimney to the left of the church is still visible, and the buildings below the tower are still there, though the prominent chimneys are now semi-hidden by the trees.

New Quay featured in the 1920s film Torn Sails, which was based on the novel by the local author Allen Raine.

It was one of many castles built by the de Lacy family and was part of a network of castles throughout the area, used to control what was once wild, border country.