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The town is most famous now for its annual international eisteddfod, one of the high spots of the cultural calendar in Wales.

Thomas Telford's stately bridge over the Severn was completed in 1801, a delightful mixture of stone and cast iron.

There has been a bridge at Warrington since the 13th century, when the town centre began to develop in its present location away from the medieval village off Church Street.

On the left of the picture is the long 900-ft bridge of sixteen arches, and on the opposite bank is the Town Arms.

To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point.

Stirling is the last place where there is a bridge over the Forth before the river widens into an estuary.

Stirling is the last place where there is a bridge over the Forth before the river widens into an estuary.

This view shows the shipping staithes at Bridgwater, this time downstream from the Town Bridge.

Spanning the River Parrett, Bridgwater's present Town Bridge was built in 1883, on the site of earlier bridges.

This photograph shows The Town Hall from the Peace Garden.

The two townships of Poulton-le-Fylde and Hambleton, linked by the bridge, were villages when the bridge was first built to serve agricultural communities.

The Widnes-Runcorn railway bridge is seen from the West Bank Docks, Widnes.

The bridge has hardly changed during the thirty years that separate our photographs.

Before the Town Bridge was strengthened, heavy carts had to ford the river from either the ramp at the sunlit break beyond the trees or another ramp on the right beside the bridge.

This traffic-free view of the town centre from Bridge Street conveys the history and feel of the place instantly.

Standing beside a bridge across the River Brun, from which the town takes its name, is Burnley Town Hall.

Old documents relating to Whitby refer to the western part of the town as Ruswarp, though the village itself lies about a mile from the town.

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

This photograph shows The Town Hall from the Peace Garden.

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

This is Long Bridge, seen from Church Meadow, now a more manicured space.

Set at the mouth of the River Conway, or Conwy, this mediaeval walled town with its famous castle, one of Edward I's 'iron ring' around Wales, is still remarkably self-contained.

The Trent tends to split into several channels and produce islands on its flood plain as it passes close to the town, having collected the grossly polluted River Tame five miles upstream.