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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle set some of his Sherlock Holmes story 'The Valley of Fear' at nearby Groombridge Place, where there is now a museum dedicated to this great writer's most famous creation.

Bronygarth sits across the England-Wales border, which at this point follows the line of the River Ceirog in the valley.

The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.

The thatched roofs of Ducks Bottom (left), the old post office (centre) and Vine Cottage (right) nestle in the heart of pastoral Eype hamlet in the coastal valley west of Bridport.

It overlooks the Trent and Witham valley towards the Nottinghamshire border. The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

This view looks towards the spire of the church across the valley. Its shows a cart ascending Moor Hill, past typically Kentish half-weatherboarded cottages.

The roads leading to the Pump Room were often chained off to allow drinkers the opportunity of enjoying a leisurely constitutional in and around the Crescent and Valley Gardens.

The castle was strategically sited so as to control the principal route between Nant Conway and Meirionnydd by way of the Lledr Valley, and was Iorwerth's home for many years.

The hill rises about 180 feet above the river and gives superb views of the valley below.

The restored Severn Valley Steam Railway is a great tourist attraction - it ran its first public train on 23 May 1970 between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade.

We head away from Cheddar to Wedmore, a small town in the fork of a valley on the north side of the ridge that stretches west from Wells. It looks across the Levels to the Mendips.

A medieval manor overlooked the deep valley; its porter's lodge and archway remain. All around here there were clay mines used for the steel furnaces.

Taking its name from the south gate to Enfield Chase, and overlooking the Lea Valley, Southgate was a part of Edmonton until the late 19th century.

Built in 1154 by Henry de Essex on the edge of a valley, this high-walled building became the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

The A46 from Bath can be seen snaking down into Nailsworth, which lies at the meeting place of three steep and wooded valleys.

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

He repaired it, but he and his men had to leave hurriedly when news came that Cromwell's army was marching through the Ribble Valley.

In 74476 we are above the Tarn looking out over the Wharfe Valley. Craiglands is on the right, while on the far left Wells House can be glimpsed.

The village of Hampstead Norris nestles in a shallow valley, the buildings dominated by the short broad tower of St Mary's church in the background.

Lying in the tranquil Rye valley two miles west of Helmsley, Rievaulx was the first Cistercian monastery in the North of England. It was built in 1131 by French monks.

Descending from Chipstead into the next valley east brings us to Hooley.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

Like Winchelsea on the other side of the River Brede valley, Rye is a hill town at the end of a ridge between the Tillingham and Rother rivers.