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It was a delightful journey for passengers, the train chugging along the banks of the River Leven, and through rock cuttings and narrow wooded ravines.

Prickend marks the end of one expanse of land that stretches from Petts Wood in the south and to Summer Hill in the west.

At Kinver, a lofty wooded red sandstone ridge offers delightful views over the Staffordshire countryside.

After being given to the town in 1913 by James Moly (and named for his home, Langmoor Manor, in the woods above Charmouth), Langmoor Gardens had a chequered career.

On the panel directly beneath the organ can be seen the intricate wood carving of flutes and violins. Edmund Burke was baptised here, and Robert Emmett is said to be buried in the churchyard.

In this typically well-wooded river scene, we can see lavish use of stone in walls and bridge that could stand for centuries.

Situated between the River Thames and Quarry Woods, made famous in Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', Bisham is one of Berkshire's most historic villages.

influential local landowners, and their emblem was the Pelham Buckle; cast iron milestones in the area have the Pelham Buckle carved on them.The village is noted for trug manufacture at a local steamed wood

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Croxley Green lies east of the River Chess, separated from Rickmansworth by the open space of Rickmansworth Park and Croxley Hall's woods.

A hint of the heavily-wooded banks of the Brun can be seen on the left of this picture.

The village of Palnackie is set in a region of wooded hills and streams.

Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name.

At the southern limits of the county, close by Diss, this delightful village of knapped flint cottages sits in wooded countryside in the valley of the Little Ouse.

The gravestone in the foreground to the right marks poor Mary Ann Wood, who died on 18 June 1797, aged 14 months.

The north-east quarter of Overstone Park is heavily wooded.

'Leah' is, however, a Saxon name for a clearing in a wood. Cromwell Cottage on the right gets its name as Cromwell's men were stationed there when he was in the area in 1657.

Today, however, the valley is thickly wooded and it would be impossible to hold a concert here. Instead the hill is now an important nature reserve.

The original castle was built of wood, but it was replaced with stone in the early 12th century, probably by Henry I after he had confiscated the fortress from Robert de Belleme.

Barclays Bank (next to Trott's) arrived in Daventry in the 1960s to replace Wood Bros, wine and spirit merchants.

Warehouses blossomed here from early days, and goods (including wool, wood, coal and other commodities) were conveyed in flat-bottomed trows. Bewdley Rowing Club was on Severnside North.

Lucy Maria Wood Boston, born in December 1892, bought the building in 1939 and spent two years restoring it.

Webber's Post 1923 From near Luccombe the road climbs through Horner Woods to Webber's Post on Luccombe Hill and onto the wildest parts of Exmoor.

St John's benefited from a number of bequests, including a weekly load of wood; this was negotiated by Roger de Montalt, Earl of Chester, when he sold off his lordship rights in the Earl's Half to