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As we look at this mundane street as it drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning

Perched high on its hill in the background at left is the tower erected to commemorate John Cabot's voyage.

King George is commemorated by a statue in the town and a carved chalk figure on the hills nearby.

It was developed from clay pits left over from old brickworks; it had formerly been the site of earthworks for an ill-founded attempt to excavate a tunnel through Swindon hill for the Swindon, Marlborough

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

At 511ft, Cairn Top is the highest of the hills overlooking the town.

In a document dated 1295 this area was referred to as 'Runcoure Superior' - this had nothing to do with the class of people who lived here but referred to the fact that it was on the hill

The others are Bailey, Bull Hill, Portmore, Sandy Down, Walhampton, and Boldre itself.

Charmouth House is further up the hill (centre). The shopkeeper Edward Archer Vince (centre right) ran the archetypal general store, and could claim to supply just about everything.

A local labourer and his dog pose obligingly for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

Ten years later, the designer Laura Ashley opened a mill in the village to mark the start of what has become a fashion empire still in business throughout Britain today.

At the very top of the street is the Lion, where George Hill was also a baker and confectioner.

By the end of the 19th century, Church Road was Burgess Hill's main shopping centre.

Down Briar Hill on the road from Glaisdale we come to the delights of Danby. The wide, open green provides space for visitors.

To the right of the picture are the Hall, now the Crown Inn, and the church. Behind the war memorial is Church House, the former Guildhall.

The backdrop to this scene is Coopers Hill, where each Whit Monday the famous cheese-rolling event takes place.

On the northern slopes of Cothelstone Hill, Parkend Lodge overlooks an entrance to the estate, which takes its name from the Norman de Coveston family who first held the manor.

Many of the villagers worked for the Lascelles family before the village was sold off to pay death duties at about the time this picture of Stock's Hill was taken.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

The great attraction is the firm wide sands, on which donkeys, swings, cocoanut-shies, and other amusements for excursionists will be found in full activity during the season.

Crown Hill was the setting for an unusual wager in 1936: a Grays confectioner was bet that he could not cycle backwards up the 1-in-7 road.

Right at the top in the centre can be seen some of the buildings of Fryern Hill Hospital, an isolation hospital well out of Eastleigh when it was built in 1912.

Set on a hill above the valley of the Nene, Stanwick lies on the A605. The road sign can be seen pointing to Higham Ferrers.