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Stirling is the last place where there is a bridge over the Forth before the river widens into an estuary. The town and its castle have therefore been fought over on numerous occasions.

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge. The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Stirling is the last place where there is a bridge over the Forth before the river widens into an estuary. The town and its castle have therefore been fought over on numerous occasions.

Earlier bridges across the river had existed at this point, but the Victoria Bridge opened in 1887, in the Queen's Golden Jubilee year, replacing one built in 1769.

The timbered toll-bridge carrying the York road over the Ouse was erected in 1791, and was one of the earliest of its type in the country.

Here the photographer looks north-west along the east bank wharves towards the site of the swing bridge that opened in 1908, five years after this view and now rebuilt in its turn as well as superseded

Here the photographer looks north-west along the east bank wharves towards the site of the swing bridge that opened in 1908, five years after this view and now rebuilt in its turn as well as superseded

Newport Pagnell Services is now (2002) run by Welcome Break, but it is architecturally very little changed, with the glazed bridge a distinctive feature.

The road leads to the bridge over the River Wenning, which flooded two years ago.

Rushing through Littondale is the River Skirfare, which crosses under the bridge. This is prime sheep-farming country, with wide open fields on either side of the river valley.

Most of the traffic was coal, which was loaded in the harbour beyond the bridge and taken to the linen mills along the river, but there was also a steady flow of sand downstream to this wharf.

The majestic cathedral overlooks the bridge designed by John Gwynn in 1781, replacing a medieval structure built c1313, which was upstream from the present site.

This famous bridge spans the Mawddach estuary. A train is heading south. The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction.

The present stone bridge replaced earlier ones (the first built in timber by the energetic Bishop Alexander in the 12th century); it dates from 1775, with footways and cast iron railings added in 1848

It has an attractive ancient bridge of three arches; there is also a modern bridge on the right, which is less significant and made of wood.

With the widening of Bridge Street from the 1880s, the old Warrington Academy was again revealed and preserved.

We are looking north-east from Fleet Street towards Milford Street, with the junction of Bridge Street to the right.

A view from the west bank of the River Medway, looking to the medieval bridge and Aylesford. It is superbly proportioned, with one wide central span and three smaller arches on the approach.

For centuries, the repair of bridges and maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the parishes in which they were situated, though important crossing points were often maintained through a levy raised

The present bridge was designed by the local architect John Wing. Its foundation stone was laid by the Marquess of Tavistock, the eldest son of the Duke of Bedford, in 1811. The costs proved high.

Today, the bridge here is often thronged with people watching the canoeists below. Perhaps the people on the bridge in this scene are looking at some earlier paddlers.

Clarence Bridge, later Newport Bridge, takes us through the Old Green Crossing and into the High Street. From here we can just see the dome of the Corn Exchange (centre).

During the Civil War, the bridge over the Severn at Upton was of strategic importance to forces investing Worcester.

Visiting ships now miss this magnificent suspension bridge. Designed by that great engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it stands 245 feet above the river.