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The nearest this long, straggling village has to a market square is a broadening of the Norwich to North Walsham road, beside which the War Memorial stands under chestnut trees.

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.

This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.

Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together. Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together. Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.

The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages. This photograph shows reeds growing at the edge of a broad, with the cut stalks stacked by the cottage.

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad. The ladies' headwear is typical of the early 1930s, and short skirts were in vogue.

At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances. Newman's next door was an old-fashioned ironmongers, which has resisted change.

Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.

As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but. Fortunately, it has now been pedestrianised.

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton. This market town is noted for its rare 13th-century lead spire and late Norman nave.

Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton. This market town is noted for its rare 13th-century lead spire and late Norman nave.

On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.

Trees shade the broad square. The street is a pleasing mix of Victorian shops and modern infill.

This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.