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Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes. The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

The High Street is Aldeburgh's main area of activity, and from here the Town Steps lead off up a steep hill. Here grand houses enjoy a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

This quiet little village north of Woodbridge was granted a market in the mid 15th century by Henry VI. Four hundred years later, it was here that John Kirby wrote his influential 'Suffolk Traveller'.

Portreath was once a thriving little mining port at the terminus of Cornwall's first (horse-drawn) railway.

This photograph was taken from the eastern end of the glen, two miles upstream from Fingle Bridge.

This bridge linked long-established footpaths crossing Dogmersfield Park to Odiham Common; they had become divided by the construction of the Basingstoke Canal.

Note the tramlines in the street, and the industrial chimney on the left.

This view shows the Norman work well, with the network of 15th-century vault ribs receding into the distance.

This church was built by the Vivian family of Singleton Abbey in 1850, with several later additions.

Smart dress and good behaviour are to be seen here in front of the picturesque Clock House Pavilion. And there are no skateboards or litter in this park scene from a more orderly age.

Douglas Tough, among others, received a call from the Ministry of Shipping asking him to act as an agent to secure small craft for an expedition from Ramsgate and Sheerness to rescue the soldiers.

The road follows the line of the old Roman road which linked North Gate and Head Gate, both entrance points to the original Roman walled town.

The main claim to fame of the church in the background is that Nelson's parents were married there.

Not far from here are some half-timbered houses dating back to the time when Sudbury was one of the most important weaving towns.

On the right is Agricultural Hall, built in 1882, in more recent years used as the city's main post office, and now as the headquarters of Anglia Television.

It is a hot, sunny day and one of the tourists is putting up her parasol.

A charming picture showing plenty of colourful punting activity on the Cherwell.

However, the remnants of earlier Georgian homes, taverns and inns can still be seen in and around the High Street.

The Monsal Head Hotel is a popular stop with walkers and motorists out to enjoy the sheer delight of this area. Like the Red Lion in Bakewell, this was also a Tennant's tied pub.

Owned and restored by the Sussex Archeological Society, Parsonage Row, a 15th-century Wealden house, is part of a village that retained its identity, despite being swamped by Worthing's northward expansion

With a population of only about 250, Colerne is a small hill village with a superb church that has a slender Perpendicular west tower; it commands a magnificent elevation overlooking the village

St Anne's Church at the end of Load Street was originally a chantry chapel, said to have been built by fugitives so that they might claim sanctuary. The present church was built in 1746.

This possibly romantic view of rural England is balanced by the Hungerford Almshouses, built during the Jacobean period in 1668, which were charitable institutions to house the poor, and which overlook

Broadway and its continuation, the High Street, almost certainly follow the line of an ancient trackway that crossed the River Itchen during the Iron Age.