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The slightly raised location affords fine views of the Lake District hills to the west and south. The view is of the east end of the village, looking towards Saddleback.

The hill in the background with a hedge on its crest remains an attractive focal point from this 1930s development.

A previous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

It was designed by James Wilding, a Liverpool man who was associated with a number of buildings in the town and who also played an important part in the development of Runcorn Hill as a park once the

It may have been created in 1740, when two overhanging stones fell down the hill, making the houses in the Hough shake, and, according to legend, squashing an old woman and her cow.

On the skyline stands the monumental mine chimney at the summit of Kit Hill.

Coopers Hill looms in the distance, the site of the annual cheese-rolling races.

In the distance is the hill of Brentor, topped by the 12th-century church of St Michael de Rupe, which was restored by the Duke of Bedford in the 19th century.

Standing at the bottom of the notoriously steep climb of Porlock Hill, the Ship Inn appears little changed today, despite the removal of its attractive rustic wooden porches.

It is still fed by hot mineral waters from a continuous spring; it is hard to imagine that the water seen today fell as rain on the Mendip Hills 10,000 years ago.

A previ- ous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

Here we see a charming view of two donkey carts standing at the foot of Upper Madoc Street (now Arvon Avenue) with buildings stretching out far beyond to the rugged hills.

A walk up the hill takes the visitor back a hundred years.

From the rear of the Black Boy are fine views towards North Marston, the hill dropping sharply into the valley.

Now in 1907 he is probably looking forward to a well earned retirement when he will no longer have to make the long slog up Countisberry Hill to deliver to the pub.

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the City,Wren's masterpiece is the pride of London.

Wye sits beneath the chalk hills of the North Downs; it has a 12th-century church, beautiful Georgian buildings and a college founded in the 1400s by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The laying out of Dudley Zoo took account of the nature of Castle Hill, and most of the animal enclosures were fitted into the natural or previously formed features.

This view, taken from the start of Tanner's Hill, looks north-east across the green and past the parish pump in its tiled pumphouse to the Royal Oak pub and a fine range of historic houses and cottages

The ridge of Hatterall Hill and the Black Mountains in the distance is the route for a walk with panoramic views to Hay Bluff.

The old village of Weston, sitting on Runcorn Hill, has given its name to Weston Point where the docks and industries are largely to be found.

It is still fed by hot mineral waters from a continuous spring; it is hard to imagine that the water seen today fell as rain on the Mendip Hills 10,000 years ago.

The dawning of the railway age helped in no small way to put Burgess Hill on the map, and the Railway Hotel can be seen on the right in this picture.

North Hill descends from the High Street. The church on the right is St Peter's - the town church.The tower was completed in 1758.