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Somerleyton was built 1844-51 by Sir Samuel Morton Peto, the railway contractor, builder and developer of Lowestoft.

This is part of the Sudbury Common Lands. The sluice gate is to the left, and the cattle stand in the overflow, or floodpool. On the horizon are the towers of the Catholic church and St Gregory's.

Just off to the left is the site of the earliest Baptist chapel in Suffolk, registered in 1731.

Located on the western bank of Southampton Water, in the shadow of an oil refinery and heavy industry, Hythe is unexpectedly pretty in places.

A little further east from Mistley is the village of Bradfield.

Most of the buildings we see here remain much the same, although their functions have altered. Single-decker buses wait on opposite sides of the road.

It stands below Efford Down, on top of which is the Storm Tower, also built by Acland.

Polruan was once a major shipbuilding port; in the 19th century it launched over 6,000 tons of shipping.

This view of the Glen was taken from St Bride's Hill. It is possible to reach the Glen Beach from just below the row of houses.

One well known resident of Kingsgate was the actor Jack Warner, who played the policeman Dixon of Dock Green on television for 21 years, He died in 1981.

This was a coaching inn on the London to Norwich turnpike, now the A11, since at least the mid 18th-century. The gabled red brick front dates from c1680.

The clock tower was built of red and white brick in 1864. It was renovated in 1987, and has seating on the ground floor. Chandler's ironmonger's shop to the left has closed.

The post office and the two houses to the right were originally one house of c1520. The next range to the left is also 16th-century; it contains Addisons' shop, which started in 1889.

These 18th-century stone cottages were built for workers at the nearby mill, which was originally water-driven - its wheel was second only in size to that of Laxey on the Isle of Man.

From Victoria View, the backdrop to the scene is of the Lancashire fells, with the land rising to the summit of Calder Fell at its high spot.

The little town, named after the Battle of Hastings, grew at the gates of the Abbey built by William the Conqueror to atone for the slaughter and to give thanks for his victory.

New in 1772, the road was built to bypass congested town centres from Star Hill, Rochester to the bottom of Chatham Hill.

Owing to inadequate foundations, the tower of St John's showed signs of stress shortly after it was built in 1420.

Occupying its peaceful spot on Ross Road, overlooking a broad green with trees, Christchurch is a modest example of the Victorian Gothic style.

Park was presented to the town by the London North Western Railway Company (LNWR) in 1887, and marked not only the Queen's Jubilee (hence the park's name), but also the 50th anniversary of

To the right of them lies Swan Meadow, once home to the village fair. This event survives as Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre, which takes place at the end of June, to mark St Peter's Day.

The spire at the far end of Teehey Lane is that of Christ Church.

We are looking west towards the cross-roads in the part of Upton known as The Village.

E A Hodges, the long-established, family-run stationery and news store, remained a well-known presence in town at this time.