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Between Rushden and Urchester lies Knuston Hall, situated in parkland leading down to an artificial lake. A

Close by is Buscot Park, famous for its walled gardens, extensive grounds and lake, and the Faringdon art collection. It is open to the public under the National Trust.

Attractive flower beds and shrubberies surround an ornamental lake, which draws large numbers of water birds.

The stall holders and the ice cream man must be wondering where the customers are.They must either all be at work, or down at Rudyard Lake for the day.

The temperature is rising and on a hot day in the early 1960s it seems as if all of Rochdale has headed for the lake.

Clumber Park, like Rufford, is heavily wooded; it was enclosed out of Sherwood Forest, that great forest that extends from Worksop southwards almost to Nottingham.

The next few views are in the Inner Circle, east of the lake, which had been leased to the Royal Botanic Society from 1839 until 1932.

The west side, with its balanced Renaissance design, overlooks the lake, which with its meandering curves and seemingly natural islands forms part of the adjoining walled park, landscaped by Capability

The 65-acre Meare (the correct spelling at fantasy Thorpeness) was dug out of marshland to provide a boating lake for children.

Once a hunting estate for John of Gaunt, the land was purchased in 1803 by Thomas Nicholson, who created the two lakes and the parkland. Mansion House dates from 1826.

Here we see the lake and the rocky hill of Moel-y-Gest.

Shady walks, seats, shelters, ponds for toy boats and a boating lake were all laid out for the pleasure of townsfolk and visitors.

Described as new in 1702, it had an orchard, a sundial, a lake and extensive gardens. It was demolished in 1922 and the war memorial was built on its site.

This fine example, not far from the town centre, was developed out of abandoned stone quarries, and features wooded corners, floral displays and lawns, all surrounding a lake fed by a 60-foot high waterfall

In the centre, the Marine Lake links Claremont with Knightstone, while to the right, the elegance of the mid 19th-century terraces and crescents is still apparent.

Here we see the bridge over the River Greta in the busy little market town of Keswick in the northern Lakes.

The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere.

Penrith received its first market charter in 1223, and it has been a busy market town ever since, serving the north-east of the Lake District and the North Pennines.

In the 1950s, traditional farming practices in the Lakes had not changed much in centuries.

The town also sits on the northern boundaries of the Peak District National Park and beside the estate at Lyme Park (perhaps best known these days for the lake Mr Darcy dived into in the TV version of

The lane curves gently down towards the ornamental lake at the foot of the hill. CORFE CASTLE, From the Church

The lake extended to 32 acres, and once incorporated a swimming-pool. Skiffs were available for hire, such as the one to the left of the picture.

As well as a Somali Village, the Exhibition also contained a switchback railway and a water chute, which cascaded into this lake. Today, the park is a wonderful oasis away from busy Manningham Lane.

Not far from Amesbury and Stonehenge, Wilsford and Lake are small villages strung along a back road.