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Front Street is a long wide high street that leads down to the River Blyth.

The town relied on the sea for employment, and it was once an important rival of Holyhead for the Irish ferry.

They are usually characterised by their width: large herds of cattle, sometimes from as far away as Scotland, were driven down them by generations of drovers to markets in the lowlands.

Most buildings here survive, although further down Gold Street, around the Horse Fair, there have been dramatic changes.

We can see old shops in the photograph— S Selvey, the grocer, and Wood, the butcher.The ancient market cross has been knocked down by vehicles and restored several times.The scene is similar today

Bus routes 11 and 24 still run down Whitehall today.

Pleasure boats have lined up to collect trippers for the obligatory sail down the estuary. The picture was taken from the pier.

The figures that now look down are Nicholas Langton, a Lord Mayor, a mason holding a model of the bar and a medieval knight.The coats of arms are the Stuart Royal Arms and the City Arms; these were

They are about to walk the plank down to the shingle beach beside the cafe (bottom left). Lulworth was a favourite stopping point on services between Weymouth and Swanage.

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

The railway line to Huncoat and Burnley crosses the road here.There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three

Down the street, just to the right of the white canopy, was the entrance to West's brush factory - one of Braintree's key industries.

The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

We are looking west as the A387 drops down into the hamlet to the bridge over the River Seaton at the bottom of the hill, before the road climbs up the other side on its way to Looe.

This gem of a village is situated between the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge.

This was taken from the slope below Newfoundland Coppice, looking south-eastwards to Eype Down (centre), with Doghouse Farm in the dip below (right).

The tide is well in and horses have been taken down to soak their legs in the salt-water.

Arthur Ransome described Pin Mill with its 'crowd of yachts and its big brown sailed barges and steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea'.

In the background, against the trees, the surviving spire of the 15th-century church looks down on this straggling village on the Romans' Stane Street linking London and Chichester.

Further down the High Street are the gas showrooms. Bishops Waltham is still remembered for having the only privately owned bank in the country.

Further down the road is the 19th-century church of St Mary.

The railway station is Maenclochog was also constructed of corrugated iron and outlasted the railway itself, which closed down completely in 1949.

The wonderful setting, deer park and views of the South Downs enhance its beauty. Little has changed here since Tudor times.

The wonderful setting, deer park and views of the South Downs enhance its beauty. Little has changed here since Tudor times.