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Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down 29 locks to the valley below.

Unlike many similar local newspapers, it has survived to the present day at its Richmond Hill offices.

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

The church is built with granite from Tregonning Hill near Breage; granite is notoriously difficult to work, and this accounts for the relative lack of decoration of many Cornish churches.

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

The view looks towards the town from the causeway across the valley, with New Bridge at the bottom of the hill.

Crays Hill National School used to stand amongst the trees on the right.

Over the years sheep have grazed the slopes of this famous chalk hill, which rises to 888 ft.

Ramblers (right) head for the hills, striding purposefully out past the Rayburne Hotel and Cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

The tide is out, but that does not stop the children having a paddle by Tate Hill Pier, which juts out in the

With surrounding hills dominating the skyline, and substantial granite buildings, this view becomes immediately identifiable as Scotland.

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

During the war two air-raid shelters were built into the hill. Bullenshaw House was a residential home, but it is now used as a resource centre for older people.

This view, taken from Stonecot Hill, shows the 1930s Woodstock pub, which still flourishes.

Terrington Hall, set amongst the trees, is now a preparatory school. Just outside the village is the most northerly planting of lavender - the farm is firmly on the Howardian Hills tourist trail.

One of the three surviving 15th-century entrances to the cathedral precincts, College Gate stands at the foot of Boley Hill, and is banded with stone and flint, with a timber-framed upper storey.

St John's Church, built in 1858-9 by Morphew & Green and with its west gable-end facing out onto the road junction, dominates this cross-roads towards the top of the hill.

In the distance to the left are Bradda Hill, Bradda West and Bradda East.

This is a closer view of Darley Dale, looking towards the solitary tree-topped Oker Hill, which was the subject of a sonnet by William Wordsworth published in 1829 about two local lads going to war

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

Japanese plants and shrubs were planted, and at the time it was said that Oak Hill Park had one of the finest rock gardens anywhere in the country.

Offwell hides in the hills to the south-west of Honiton, half-forgotten by time and well off the tourist trail.