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A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor. The town lies at the foot of an 800ft hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4.

The tiny village of Garboldisham on the Norfolk / Suffolk border has many houses made of the knapped flint which is so characteristic of the area.

This idyllic picture of the Brixham fishing fleet gives some idea of just how much the fishing industry dominated the town for hundreds of years.

Part of ancient Norwich, Cow Tower was once an integral part of the city wall. Much of this was dismantled in the 19th century, although it was reputedly in a poor state of repair.

This view shows the northern end of Thirlmere, looking towards Great How Wood and the Castle Rock of Triermain.

Beneath the cupola above the central gateway is a statue of Caroline, Queen of George II, who donated £1,000 towards the completion of the quadrangle.

This postcard typifies Ramsgate at the height of its holiday seaside popularity, when it challenged the renown of Blackpool with its lights and entertainment.

Low Brook was built in the middle of the 20th century as an overspill housing estate just to the south-east of Rockbeare village.

The steeply-sloping cobbled Market Place in the centre of Wirksworth was the centrepiece of the restoration of this former lead mining town, which won a Casa Nostra award in the 1980s.

A glorious patchwork of fields and woodland stretches away under huge Sussex skies.

Mudeford is a pleasant fishing village at the mouth of Christchurch harbour, though the waters around are now full of leisure sailors.

Within a few decades, the face of Cleckheaton had changed beyond recognition with the establishment of machine manufacturing.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Also known as Piper`s Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

The old village consists of a number of small, picturesque thatched and timber-framed cottages to the west of the church and along a lane running west from the river bridge.

Lyme Regis harbour, or the Cobb, was once a seafaring settlement separate from the old town.

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

We are looking south-eastwards across the centre of the village towards the Springhead home of environmental guru Rolf Gardiner and the hills of Cranborne Chase.

Unable to take the fortress from Robert de Mowbray, third Earl of Northumberland, William headed south, leaving the prosecution of the siege to others. Mowbray attempted to escape, but was captured.

The market town of Baldock developed at the junction of a Roman road and the ancient Icknield Way in the mid 1100s.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.