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The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon. This was an important medieval trading entrance to the city for traders and travellers from the west.

Motorcycles with sidecars were a popular and economical means of getting about for ordinary people.

Aylesford is a perfectly sited village by the River Medway and the scene of many battles in ancient times.

The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon.

Often referred to by locals as the 'Flower Gardens' here is the same scene some 35 years after that shown in 38714 (above) and a new concrete bridge is in place.

The Bridge was a busy tram interchange and terminus. After Wolverhampton, Walsall is the largest of the Black Country towns.

In 1752, William Vick bequeathed money towards the eventual bridging of the Gorge. It was not until 1829 that a competition was held for engineers and architects to submit designs.

The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.

A much earlier bridge was replaced by this one in 1853; at that time, the harbour was being improved for the export of copper ore and import of coal.

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

This view shows the bridge into the castle, recently renewed, and the apse or semi-circular projection. This, like the one at the Tower of London, housed the castle chapel.

The meeting of the East and West Dart rivers has drawn tourists for as long as transport has been available.

The name of the bridge reflects the local trade which once existed in the area and, as in 60080 (page 84), the level nature of the towpath was an attraction for walkers 100 years ago, as

This stretch of the river to the left of the bridge is now Riverside Gardens, but in 1893 it was known as Gunstock Wharf.

This view looks back towards the junction with Church Street and Peel Street again; the upper view of the buildings is little changed from earlier days.

Bakewell's five-arched 14th-century bridge over the River Wye is one of its greatest glories. It is still carrying traffic 600 years after it was built.

The corner of Bridge Street and Buttermarket Street (left) was rebuilt just before the First World War. By 1955 the old-established butchers, Singletons, had given way to Woodhouse's furniture shop.

It is high summer, judging by the height of the River Teign and the shirt sleeves of the farm labourers.

The king took a keen interest in the College, and often crossed the bridge to talk to scholars.

Beyond are workshops and outhouses, now all gone and replaced by 1970s blocks of three-storey flats.

Further along the bridge we look into the backwater with the lock island on the left and the old lock-keeper's cottage beyond the tree.

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain-guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

Here the Rivers Mole and Ember join and enter the Thames. Nearby is Molesey Lock.

A narrow path leads through trees and across a small humpbacked bridge to the attractive shingle-spired church. The church is 15th-century, but its interior is much more recent.