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As we approach the town, it is possible to see cranes rising above the waterfront of this busy port. Harbour Road is close to the sea. Both the Angel and the next building are clad in weatherboard.

This view was taken further down the hill and looking south.

This view looks south down Trumpington Street, with the Front Court of Pembroke College on the left with its distinctive classically designed Wren Chapel.

In the centre is the well-known harbour inn, The Tartar Frigate, while Bleak House looks down over the holiday scene.

The natural scenery of the Bournemouth coastline dictated the way the new town developed.

The people of Gloucester would call Robert Raikes 'Bobby Wildgoose' as he walked down the road - he always looked grand.

Hermitage Lane cuts steeply down through the sandstone. This evocative view, wholly unchanged today, is barely 200 yards from the busy High Street.

This view looks down Branthwaite Brow towards the River Kent.

This view looks down Branthwaite Brow towards the River Kent.

At the bus stop we can look down the High Street at the houses and shops.

Empty barges waiting to be towed back down the river are tied up at the embankment alongside the Portsmouth Road where it becomes the High Street.

Emery Down stands on the frontier of some of the wildest scenery in the New Forest. Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.

The Wells House Hydro on the right of these views gives an idea of how compact the town is.

The palace is thought to have been burnt down accidently in 1746 by General Hawley's troops.

Flint and brick feature predominantly in traditional Norfolk buildings, particularly so in the pretty village of Blakeney, seen here looking down towards the marshes.

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages. The Sawyers Arms, now a private house, can be spotted on the right.

The creeper has been removed, and the chimneys have been cut down, but behind a new low wall the building remains an important local landmark.

We are looking down on the village centre from The Gate, facing the Rydal Fells.

Guildhall Square contains the Assize Court, the Town Council Chamber and the Magistrates' Clerk's Office.

Here we see one of the famed paddle steamers heading down the River Dart off Kingswear.

Alum Chine, with its spectacular coastal scenery, became a popular walk down to the seashore for visitors staying in the family hotels of Westbourne.

They drop down from the castle in four huge stepped terraces, and there is an orangery and charmingly precise topiary. The latter looks as if it is shaved daily.

The ridge of the island flattens out, and then dips down to the fen. A shop has been taken over for a county library (right) - this must be before the travelling library.

It is seen here in its former glory, for it was burned down in 1934; it has since been rebuilt in brick - a copy of the stone original.