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Painted by the artist Turner, it became famous and was much visited. It was built by the Norman Montbegon family just after they arrived in Lancashire.

The beach is overlooked by the Georgian houses of Wellington Crescent. In the centre is the Sands station, owned by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, which opened on 5 October 1863.

Once owned by the Stradling family, the buildings were bought and restored by the American publisher Randolph Hearst; since 1962 they have been home to the international Atlantic College.

This patterned red-brick Victorian building was occupied from 1916 onwards by the Benedictine nuns of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of Montmartre, OSB and used as a novitiate house, before

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.

This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.

Its expenses were met by the subscriptions of the members, fees from letting others use the park, and an exhibition hall.

The Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth soon after the conquest on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913, but this was replaced by the shell-keep and tower that still stand

Originally a wooden Saxon fortress built on two islands in a natural moat formed by the river Len, it was transformed into a solid stone castle at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron

One of the best-recognised beauty spots in Rickmansworth, the Splash (the town ditch), which is being crossed by the Austin A40, had originally been part of the drive to Bury Manor House, whose gates can

Lying alongside the Roman fort 'Brocavum', the castle dates from the 12th century and was held by the Veteripont, and later the Clifford family.

The Market Place is dominated by the Moot Hall, rebuilt by the Bedford Estate in 1852 in Jacobethan style with the re-used clock cupola from the 18th-century predecessor bursting from the roof in a bizarre

Another potential library site was released by the closure of the Ramsden Street Chapel in 1933, which was bought by the council and demolished in 1936 along with the adjacent late-1830s 'Guild

A family picnic by the five-arched bridge originally built in the 16th century over the River Leven.

Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.

South of Ollerton is Rufford Country Park, run by the County Council.

Wonderful as this view is, admiration is tempered by the knowledge that the road leading to the south transept was created by the demolition in the 1830s of the mainly 12th-century monastic dormitory and

These huge foreshore stacks, one of Cornwall's most famous sights, were formed by the erosion of softer rocks around them.

Once a thriving, populous town dependent on its coal and steel industries, the town was deeply affected by the problems faced by the British Steel Corporation in the 1970s.

The cottage was rebuilt by the poet's father and later became an inn. In 1881 it was purchased by the trustees of the Burns Monument and opened as a museum.

The Pest House was built c1622 by the churchwardens and overseers as a cottage for the poor on land given by Julian Smith, a linen draper.

An extraordinary view: for instead of the great chateau by the French architect, Destailleur, Frith's photographer chose to photograph the lake down by the home farm whose granary can be see out on the

This part of Yelverton, separated from the rest of the village by the main road, goes by the curious name of Leg O'Mutton.

By the 1950s, Southbourne had been almost completely swallowed up by the expanding Bournemouth district.