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Bilsdale Hall is hidden behind the trees (centre). Chisel Hill Mill (left) reminds us of local industry powered by the River Eller. Out of shot, top left, is the beguiling little church of St Hilda.

High up on the hills, this was lead mining country. Now tourists come to see the four-mile-long array of caves discovered by miners in 1858.

It matched similar gateways at his home, Burley-on-the-Hill. The wrought iron gates were added in 1872, replacing wooden doors.

His brand new Volvo once rolled, driverless, across Blandford Road and into Pardy's Hill, coming to rest harmlessly against the tree (centre).

In the far distance, across the Severn, is May Hill, with its distinctive pine copse. Today, the M5 bisects the agricultural land in the middle distance.

The villages in this area are situated on the Magnesian limestone hills, which are typical of the east Durham countryside between Hartlepool and South Shields.

The Lion Hotel, down the hill, was a grand coaching inn whose gardens run down to the River Darent.

The Hill of Bran rises just to the north-east of Llangollen; perched high upon its summit is the ruin of Castell Dinas Bran.

In fact these huge blocks slithered down the sides of the hills after the last ice age, and have sometimes been mis- taken for resting sheep.

Looking east from Blucher Street this view shows how steeply the chalk hills rise behind the town, still undeveloped.

There is still plenty of stone, although not the wonderful golden oolitic limestones from Ham Hill and the far south of the county; here we have the Blue Lias, a thin limestone which can only

The Town Hall, also built as a corn market, was opened by the Duke of Wellington in 1833; a 173 feet obelisk monument to the Duke is on Wellington Hill to the south of the town.

The slightly raised location affords fine views of the Lake District hills to the west and south. The view is of the east end of the village, looking towards Saddleback.

The hill in the background with a hedge on its crest remains an attractive focal point from this 1930s development.

A previous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

It was designed by James Wilding, a Liverpool man who was associated with a number of buildings in the town and who also played an important part in the development of Runcorn Hill as a park once the

It may have been created in 1740, when two overhanging stones fell down the hill, making the houses in the Hough shake, and, according to legend, squashing an old woman and her cow.

On the skyline stands the monumental mine chimney at the summit of Kit Hill.

Coopers Hill looms in the distance, the site of the annual cheese-rolling races.

In the distance is the hill of Brentor, topped by the 12th-century church of St Michael de Rupe, which was restored by the Duke of Bedford in the 19th century.

Standing at the bottom of the notoriously steep climb of Porlock Hill, the Ship Inn appears little changed today, despite the removal of its attractive rustic wooden porches.

It is still fed by hot mineral waters from a continuous spring; it is hard to imagine that the water seen today fell as rain on the Mendip Hills 10,000 years ago.

A previ- ous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

Here we see a charming view of two donkey carts standing at the foot of Upper Madoc Street (now Arvon Avenue) with buildings stretching out far beyond to the rugged hills.