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Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath.The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower.

Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, landing sufficient cod, mackerel and haddock for the North Eastern Railway to run three or four special fish trains a week.

On 10 February 1943 a hit- and-run raid by a single Dornier plane caused a great deal of damage in Newbury.

Two small girls wearing pinafores stand outside the church gate. The parish church of St Leonard has one of the finest towers in the county; the spire is 162 feet high.

The shop had been run by Robert Hazelwood since the 1880s. His son Robert and his grandchildren continued at the shop and post office until its closure in September 1975.

The King's Arms, then run by R G Wood, has closed, but the arms remain on the present carpet shop. Beyond is the brick Lloyds Bank of 1896.

This view is from the beach towards the village. The road was developed in the Victorian period, and most of the houses and shops, like those on the right, are of that date.

The spire in the background is that of St Mary's, and this view has not changed.

This photograph reveals the 1860 iron structure, and the business and bustle of a working port.

The iron bridge (demolished in 1978) brought the line from Exeter, and did not run parallel to the road bridge.

By the early 1960s memories of Maindy Stadium's relatively inauspicious opening in 1951 and, in particular, its poor running track surface were all but banished.

Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.

Cotton spinning brought rich rewards to the town. The new mills, ten of which were established as early as 1758, used water power from the fast running River Ryburn.

This ancient mill was working up to the 1930s, when it was bought by the National Trust and run as a youth hostel.

Along the nearby valley floor runs an intermittent stream, known as the Nailborne. For years its course will be dry; then suddenly it will come to life.

Rhos-on-Sea was the poorer cousin to nearby Colwyn Bay, yet it still manages an identity of its own.

Wistow Hall sits comfortably by its artificial lake, even though Wistow Road, from Kilby to Kibworth Harcourt, runs directly past the front door.

In the 18th century, Farningham was a stopping place on the main London-Dover road, but was by-passed with the construction of the A20.

Moving east off the Limestone Cliff, our route descends towards the clay vale that runs along the western edge of The Wolds.

Moving east off the Limestone Cliff, our route descends towards the clay vale that runs along the western edge of The Wolds.

The River Lea, part of the Leesic Navigation, runs for a long distance parallel to the New River.

Although old coaching inns like the Fountain would have lost a certain amount of long-distance business with the development of the railways, they were still used as the pick-up and set-down points for

Here we see a rustic shelter and the Osmington Mills Hotel (left), with holiday chalets facing seawards.

The Monument and the tower of St Magnus's Church stand side by side - we are looking from the centre of the sixty-year-old London Bridge.