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The Backs of Cambridge are probably as well known as the colleges themselves. Immaculately kept lawns sweep down to the peaceful River Cam.

The present church of St Mary's dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries, with some earlier Norman features.

We cross the railway bridge, and look back from where we have come from. On the right is Mr Turner's grocery shop, with the Standard public house in the distance.

The shops and houses on the left back straight on to the sea.

The church of All Saints at Fawley dates back to Saxon times, though much of the present building is Norman or later. The church was bombed in 1940, but has now been carefully restored.

The premises of Barclays Bank can be seen on the right, next door to Morris Garages.

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn. It is prone to flooding - in 2000, the White Hart pub was completely surrounded with water.

As we turn down Higgs Lane, this is what we would see looking back towards the main road.

Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back

Caldecott is situated in the rural Welland Valley; its origins go back to Roman times. The Plough Inn and the surrounding houses are mostly built of local stone and tiled with Collyweston slate.

In a back room of the same establishment, the renowned Mrs Siddons gave a memorable acting performance.

Here we see the carriages of the wealthy assembled and waiting to take their clients back to their hotels and villas.

Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.

A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross

When built, it consisted of a chancel, nave, transepts, and an unusual saddle-back tower.

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Bundles of Norfolk reed are stacked on both banks of this shallow backwater. The growing of reeds provides one of the principal industries of the broads area.

Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses which had gardens backing onto the beach.

The Bear is recorded as an inn back in 1751.

There are many charming cottages in the vicinity of Lyndhurst, some of them probably dating back to the 13th century when the harsh forest laws were relaxed somewhat during the reign of Henry III.

The big house set back from the road left of centre is Weeth, and past it the road continues down into the valley of the Cober.

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

Despite its closeness to London, Enfield has always been a self-sustaining community, with many municipally- backed leisure facilities such as this impressive swimming pool, which we see here being enjoyed