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The builder, Thomas Telford, believed in cutting through hills and bridging valleys. The boats to the left are early examples of leisure boating.

This view shows Ley's Avenue seen from the top of the sloping hill, a year after photograph No 75597, which provides a closer view of the large neo-Georgian-style buildings just visible in the previous

When this photograph was taken, there was not a lot more to Huntingdon than its long High Street, which leads off Market Hill in both directions, overlooked by the graceful spire of the now-lost Trnity

The quaint cobbled street of Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television

Oolitic limestone has been quarried at Cleeve Hill for centuries. In days gone by it was called 'freestone' because it was relatively easy to obtain and work.

The Rock Gardens at Oak Hill Park, Broadway, with its new Arndale Centre, the bus station and St James' Chruch are all proudly portrayed here, with the Market Hall in the centre.

Looking westwards along Main Street towards Lyme Regis, with the plateau of Langdon Hill forming the skyline (centre).

This is the main road through the village looking towards Hutton Hill.

A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left. The Castle can be seen in the centre.

Now, cars leaving the town centre accelerate up and away towards Gallows Hill and The Kibworths.

On School Hill, several houses on the left, including the bow window, are clad in mathematical tiles, hanging tiles that simulate brick. They are difficult to tell from real brickwork if well done.

Water was pumped up from the valley below; this facilitated the development of Frith Hill.

The remains of the 13th-century castle are on the hill beyond the houses. The Pier, which has now been removed, and the slipway are to the left.

Note the two cyclists scurrying across the street on the left and right, and the Ripon Road leading up the hill between the trees in the centre background.

A picture postcard view of Goudhurst, looking up the hill to the church peeping out at the top. This view is little changed today.

On the far side are the houses of Kilmun and the heights of Stronchullin Hill, Beinn Ruadh and Creachan Mor.

A scene that is now no more: the barracks stood on Caterham Hill, where the sentry is standing guard at the entrance.

Bryn Euryn, below which this limestone quarry once operated, has associations with an early hill fort, Roman remains and a nearby ruined late medieval mansion now known as Llys Euryn.

The tree-covered hill in the distance is Peak Tor, a name which echoes the ancient Old English name for the district.

A cyclist gingerly crosses Edgware Road as Watling Avenue drops away eastwards towards Mill Hill.

This view was taken further down the hill and looking south.

Below Church Hill and the main street, Victoria Road provides us with our first glimpse of the sea and of the Moot Hall.

Colneford House stands on Colneford Hill and overlooks the green we see in W194011. The walls of this fine old house are covered in superb pargeting. Over the central porch is the date 1685.

In the background we can see the many hills that surround Gloucester, giving way to all routes north, south, east and west.