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This view from the church tower was taken looking towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

The road on the right had an extremely steep gradient and was the old roadway before the Heads of the Valleys Road.

In the valley immediately below, a new road is now a blot on the landscape.

The wooded valley of Crimdon Dene is an unspoilt area close to Blackhall, where the beach is not polluted with coal spoil.

This tiny hamlet, tucked high up in the East Webburn river valley, huddles about its central green. St Pancras Church, with its lofty pinnacled tower, was built in granite in the 14th century.

The red sandstone cliffs in the picture rise to 500ft on either side of the river Sid's valley.

Perched on a steep hill, the photographer has done justice to this picturesque view just off the Heads of the Valleys Road.

The town is also a centre for another type of railway - the restored Severn Valley Railway with its steam engines.

Chandler was the ancient miller who occupied the little mill in the valley; the ford was negotiated by passing stagecoaches.

Houses with terraced gardens climb the steep sided Golden Valley and overlook some of the most lovely scenery in the region.

early photograph which shows the crags below Hay Top in Monsal Dale, and beyond them the freshly-excavated limestone scree (centre) of the embankment which was to take the Midland line through the valley

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

Cragg Vale, seen here from above the village, was a remote hamlet above the Calder Valley in the 18th century, when it was the base of a notorious gang of counterfeiters known as the 'Cragg Vale Coiners

The Rochdale Canal, seen here in the foreground, runs through the valley, and brought jobs and prosperity to the town. The spire of the parish church watches over the town school in the background.

The coming of the Heads of the Valleys Road greatly changed the landscape of this area. Today this busy road is rarely as quiet as this.

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

This distinguished market town lies at the head of a valley.

This spot is at the end of St Nicholas Cliff, looking south over the Valley Road footbridge towards the Spa.

An extensive view down the valley of Great Langdale, with Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.

Lower Brockhampton Farm is so secluded that it sits quietly in its own valley, a mile or so from the nearest road. Today the estate is owned by the National Trust and is a magical place to visit.

Brendon nestles in the valley of the East Lyn River, and to the south is the wild expanse of Brendon Common, part of the plateau of Exmoor.

In 1995, just beside the old Butlin camp, the modern chalets of Primrose Valley Holiday Camp were built.

The picture shows the view westwards, with the street running gently downhill to the valley of the Tyburn stream.

The Great Western line between Exeter and Plymouth crosses the valley on a graceful viaduct, and this can be seen in the distance.