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The building of this extraordinary bridge was discussed in Victoria's reign, but it was not opened until 1901.

Five bridges span the River Windrush in the village. The most recent commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

All the way across the bridge are pedestrian refuges built atop each of the bridge's triangular- section cutwaters.

Staines's High Street leads down towards this bridge over the Thames. The three-arched structure was designed by George Rennie and opened by King William IV in the 1830s.

A pleasure cruiser has lowered its mast to enable it to pass under the stone and brick bridge with its wide central arch and two pointed side arches.

Bridge House and the bridge over the Stour are now owned by the National Trust.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.

Newby Bridge, spanning the River Leven, is the highest bridging point before Lake Windermere. It dates from the 16th century, and formed part of the turnpike route from Kendal to Ulverston.

Another of Oxford's much-loved landmarks is the Hertford College Bridge, or the Bridge of Sighs as it is otherwise known.

Trams are no longer crossing the bridge at the time of this photograph, but cyclists and pedestrians are well in evidence, and cars have now started to appear.

This is a classic view of Knaresborough from the road bridge over the River Nidd, here filled with pleasure boats.

This graceful arched bridge over the River Frome has wooden rails, which still guard the road.

Here we see the Old Bridge just before its replacement by the present bridge; its ironwork superstructure cantilevered the footways out over the river.

The first bridge was built in 1771 and a settlement soon grew up around it.

The new road bridge was built by the renowned engineering firm of Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, who also built the Sydney Harbour bridge.

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

The park proved so popular that a further extension was created across the river and linked by a new bridge opened in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of George V - hence the name, Coronation

The park proved so popular that a further extension was created across the river and linked by a new bridge opened in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of George V - hence the name, Coronation

The iron bridge of c1880 replaced a medieval stone bridge. The Waveney forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, where the boys are fishing.

Looking downstream, below the narrow Essex Bridge, this iron bridge was a continuation of one over the canal, built to allow residents of Shugborough Hall access to the village by horse

In 1779 Abraham Darby II's Coalbrookdale Ironworks cast the ribs of this, the world's first iron bridge.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

The Thames is now flowing into London proper, and we reach Hammersmith, with its monumentally-scaled iron bridge.

Brunel's celebrated masterpiece across the Tamar estuary made the first direct rail link between Cornwall and the rest of England when it was opened by Prince Albert in May 1859.