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This is part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. The lock was built between 1793 and 1797, and the principal engineer was John Rennie.

Alongside the river, close to the bridge, this building has now lost its croquet lawns. Once part of the council offices, today it houses Paxtons Restaurant downstairs and a bed and breakfast above.

The bridge is more than over 2,760 yards long, including the approach viaducts, giving a clear headway at high water of 150 ft. The steel towers stand 360 ft high and are supported on granite piers.

The bridge over the River Derwent at Rowsley was built in the early 17th century, and still carries today's busy traffic on the A6 trunk road.

Here past the beck is Bridge Cottage on the right, and hidden behind the left-hand tree is the 12th-century church of St John the Baptist.

To the east of Kingsbridge is the road to Torcross and Slapton Sands. This photograph shows the old four-arched bridge over the estuary. There has been a crossing here since the 10th century.

The bridge was formally opened with great pomp and ceremony on 30 June 1894. The flags are flying on the steamers, one of which is being hauled along by a tugboat.

We are looking from the bridge by the railway. The road is devoid of both people and traffic – is it early morning?

Blandford has a long history as a market town, and for centuries sheep would have been driven over this ancient bridge to the famous Blandford sheep fairs.

Widened by returning ex-servicemen in 1925 to cope with increasing road traffic, the bridge retained its elegance and here formed a background for the picnickers, boat hirers and other leisure seekers

The county boasted three of the highest bridges on the British railway network (rails above ground or high water level): Deepdale at 161 ft, Hownes Gill at 150 ft, and the Hawthorn at 110.5 ft.

Shown here are two of the several bridges that cross the rivers of this valley, with hens scrabbling for food in the meadow nearby.

Hugh's Crag Bridge is on the Penrith to Cockermouth line.

Here we see the town bridge in Maidenhead with an elegant steamer - the 'Empress of India' - tied up in the foreground.

The path extends south right to the recreation park, and to the north, by crossing the bridge to the right hand bank, into the area known as Scot's Garden at the foot of Castle Hill.

This view of the bridge was taken from the west bank, nearest Bakewell. Towards the far bank, the river is full of mallards, all demanding a sandwich with menaces.

Few can pass over the hump-backed bridge without pausing to get a better view.

The Wye joins the Derwent at Rowsley, and this photograph shows the smaller bridge over the River Wye to the south of the village.

We are looking at Parliament Square from an upstairs window on the corner of Parliament Street abd Bridge Street during the First World War.

Horses pulling the narrowboats would have climbed up the bridge on the right and down on the left, thus changing from one side of the canal to the other at this point.

The narrow bridge stands at the confluence of the Rivers Rother and Arun, and replaces a former Anglo-Saxon structure built of wood.

Here we see a busy scene, with parked cars on the right and an open-topped bus bound for Southend chugging down the Street on the left.The picture is taken from close to the railway bridge, looking

Two children, perhaps a brother and sister, negotiate the stepping stones across the infant River Goyt downstream from Goyt's Bridge in the peaceful days just before war broke out in Europe.

This great castle mound is perhaps best seen from the top of church tower: it is a fine example of a motte and bailey.