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the parish of Stanton St Gabriel occupies a web of small lanes on the south-facing slopes of Hardown Hill and derives its name from three Old English words: 'mor' (barren, swampy ground), 'cumb' (valley

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley.

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

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

Tring is in Hertfordshire, a market town at the base of a salient of the county that projects into Buckinghamshire from the Chilterns along the valley of the River Bulbourne.

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.

The imposing Victoria Hotel shows the popularity of the Conwy Valley with Victorian tourists, who visited the town by coach, char-a-banc and train.

Here we are looking from the 'island' back to the outer ward of the castle, with the access lane down the valley on the left.

This remote church sits hidden amongst trees at the head of a valley leading to the sea.

The whole area on the western side of Ilkley is the wild Rombalds Moor, which stretches right over to Shipley Glen and the Aire Valley.

East from Claygate and across the Hogsmill river valley, the route reaches Ewell, now by-passed by the A24 London to Worthing road.

tourist invasion really took hold.The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys

Lying in the tranquil Rye valley two miles west of Hemsley, this is the first Cistercian monastery in the North of England.

Standing on a 300 ft limestone crag overlooking the Towy Valley, the present Carreg Cennen dates from the late 13th century, though the site has historical links with the ancient commote of Is-Cennen,

The church itself has a Norman south aisle and sits in a delightful churchyard with the backs of timber-framed cottages on one side and the Misbourne in its valley on the other.

As a part of the Heavy Woollen District of Dewsbury and the Spen Valley, Morley suffered during the slump of the 1930s.

The tour moves south-west to Alfriston, situated in the River Cuckmere valley where the river cuts through the South Downs chalk.

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.

This picturesque village sits in a beautiful valley between the Rivers Camel and Allen.

Hadlow lies in the Medway valley close to Tonbridge.

The valleys' canal systems developed throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and led to the development of Newport as a port.

Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.

South-east of the town, along the valley of the River Ise and west of Barton Seagrave village, is The Wicksteed Park with the river dammed to form a large lake as the centrepiece.

The village has grown rapidly in the 20th century east and west along and parallel to the main road and northwards along the valley of a small stream.