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Water power played an important role in the development of the factory system, for it was harnessed to drive machinery in cotton and woollen mills alike.

The church is to the right, overlooking the small Baptist chapel with a small pinnacle on each corner of the front.

The first building on the right is the tramps boarding house, on the site of the Chequers Inn.

Llangranog has a small, sheltered bay with a sandy beach on which about 20 ships were built during the 19th century.

This is one of many fine examples of public amenity open space in Port Sunlight.

The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.

This church stands in an area with a long-standing Christian heritage: it is recorded that in 314 the Bishop of Caerleon was present at the Synod of Arles, the first general council of western Christianity

This fine view along Budleigh's strand looks towards the mouth of the River Otter and the bulbous cliff top of Otterton Ledge.

The great breakwaters around the eastern shores of Portland entirely enclose Portland harbour.

By the 1950s, the popularity of a cheap and cheerful holiday camp atmosphere brought thousands of visitors to camps like Wick Ferry each year.The model steam train was a popular attraction, as it

What is now called Kingsbury Water Park contains 30 pools like this, set in 600 acres of the Tame Valley.

The fencing rails almost seem to grow out of the truks of the ancient oak trees, one of which at least has been pollarded.

It is doubtful if a more perfect example of a genteel English sea- front could be found.

Although originally known as the Schools, the building has had a variety of uses - a men's social club, an evening institute and a Christian meeting place.

Known until 1933 as the Kings Arms, the Pack of Cards was built in 1626 as a town house by George Ley to celebrate a win at cards.

The former toll house was demolished as part of a road-widening scheme, and access to and from West Street was blocked to traffic in the interest of safety.

An inland view from Britwell Drive (foreground), looking northwards over the car park and a dozen coaches at the end of the B3070 in Lulworth Cove hamlet.

This imposing statue of the Duke of Wellington seated on his horse, Copenhagen, has been situated on Round Hill since 1885, when it was brought from Hyde Park Corner in London where it had dwarfed the

This amenity, known locally as the `old park`, was built on the waste tips of the Penydarren Ironworks.

Today the whole focus of the shopping centre of Widnes has moved from the area around Victoria Square about a mile away so that it is now centred here and the street has become a pedestrian

The new road takes the land to the right of centre, and is only a few yards away from the apex of the obvious bend.

Gilsland Wall is in fact part of Hadrian's Wall.

There has been very little change to the appearance of this magnificent structure owing to careful restoration and repair, but the surroundings of the Minster have altered.

Surrounded by rolling hills, this has to be one of the most beautiful villages in Oxfordshire.