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Heading back north, we cross the River Yeo and reach Somerton, another medieval market town, this time on a ridge in the Polden Hills and on the south bank of the River Cary, which weaves through the

The Village 1940 Beyond Williton, our route follows the western edge of the Quantock Hills back towards Taunton.

The road was named after Viscountess Southwell, who used to live at France Hill House in France Hill Drive; the house is now used for adult education.

A local legend says that the people planned to build it on lower land, but each night, after work, a pig came along and moved all the stones back up to the top of the hill.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years. It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here.

The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

Orchard Hill and Whitecross are at the top left, and the 893ft summit of Lewesdon rises centre left. The cottages and trees in New Inn Street are overlooked by the parish church (right).

The hills around were less wild and rugged, and its many inlets and headlands brought it a distinct individuality.

Hill House, on the left, was built for the Reverend Arthur Field in 1899. In 1978 the grounds were used for building and the development known as Hill House Close was born.

This photograph was taken about five years after R353020 (pages 62-63) and further down the hill towards the centre of Rockingham.

Colmer's Hill is the distinctive distant hilltop(centre).

The view across the water is to the cliffs of Cain's Folly (left) and the skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Chardown Hill and Golden Cap.

While the old town up the hill had its origins in the 8th century, the Bexhill everyone knows grew up from the 1880s by the sea as a resort on Earl De La Warr's estate.

Moving east towards Leith Hill, but still south of the woodland that covers the greensand hills, the tour reaches Forest Green, a hamlet scattered around an extensive green.

The name of the delightful Ham stone village of Montacute derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus', or 'steep hill'.

West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.

The High Street was laid out in 1826 as New Road, but development off the hill was slow.

Glorious views across the Severn Vale to the Malvern Hills add to the charms of The Rising Sun, which has long been a favourite watering hole for the racing fraternity.

We are looking south- eastwards from West Hill across to the Victorian villas on the sylvan summit of East Hill, glimpsing the tower of the parish church (left).

Situated between the great hills of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent, the village is a popular centre for the Three Peaks walk.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

At the top of the hill stands the steeple of the 14th-century parish church of St Edmund.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill known as Whalley Nab is.