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Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Folkestone has been a channel port since Saxon times, and France is visible from here on clear days. The Old Town is based around the steep narrow streets of the fishing harbour.

In the days of horse-drawn travel, Fairford was an important coaching town that straddled the important road leading to the capital from the south-west.

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

In the 1950s seaside towns had a revival, and were often very crowded. Hired deckchairs occupy much of the space on the beach.

The ornate, ballustraded Tone Libraries shop on the right was built onto the front of the old Swan Inn in 1907, and the Town Mills continued operating in the street until 1969.

The Terrace, another Georgian promenade, offers a spectacular panorama of the town.

The town features slightly in his novel 'Two on a Tower', which was written at that time. Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.

Market Drayton stands on a hill-top site overlooking the River Tern, which flows in the foreground of this photograph, and the settlement probably originated in prehistoric times.

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664; until 1867 it was the town house of the earls of Shrewsbury.

It is hard to imagine a town with a population of 2,000 being short-listed for the Welsh capital when it consists essentially of two intersecting streets.

In a predominately rural area such as the Lake District, there are few towns.The major ones actually within the Lake District are Kendal (which has a separate chapter), Keswick and Windermere

The hills and slopes were soon smothered with retirement bungalows. Bank Street is set back from the front and meets Fore Street at the town square.

It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

After the war, Brighton and other Sussex towns were still popular for holidays, but in the 1960s package tours took the tourists abroad.

Hollybush Lane lies in the southern part of the Garden City, and its tree-lined footpath and grassy triangular area typify Ebenezer Howard's vision of a ordered village atmosphere.

By the 18th century, Bishop Auckland was an important market town at a crossing point of the Wear.

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis had as its focus the hot spring-fed baths, where citizens of the Empire flocked for rheumatic cures.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

Over the years the Town Hall, on the right, has been put to many uses. The lower portion has acted as a corn exchange and a fire station.

Until 1974 Stourbridge was in Worcestershire, and was always considered slightly posher than its Staffordshire neighbours.

Sad to relate, this restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development

One of the lasting impressions of Bolton that many a visitor has is of the grand Town Hall, with its portico of Corinthian columns and tower topped off with a French cap.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor, for the castle has been a royal residence since 1075.