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This part of the coast makes a perfect touring centre for anyone wishing to explore both the New Forest and the Dorset countryside.

The wooded nature of the river banks is noticeable, and only the industrial scene on the far right of the picture would suggest that this is near the centre of a busy modern industrial town.

Note the fountain in the centre of the bath, and the pile of Roman masonry in the shadows beyond.

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, with plenty of seating outside for visitors.

Although surrounded by a patchwork of fields, Widecombe is a real moorland village, and the skyline is dominated by the tors: centre right is Bonehill Rocks, to the left is Bell Tor and on the

This pleasant and colourful place lies in the town's centre. The tower contains a grand carillon of forty-seven bells.

Cow Lane has changed in recent years, with infill building visible to the left of the house in the centre of this picture.

Although Honiton is the accepted centre, there were 500 lace workers in Beer in 1850.

As we have noted, rising from the centre of the City Hall is a most striking (pun intended!) clock tower.

In its shopping centre the Neo-Georgian block on the left contrasts with the half-timbering of Burkes Parade, but all good quality work of the 1920s.

Virtually every shop in the picture has since either moved elsewhere in the city centre or closed down altogether: Marks and Spencer moved to New Canal, and Woolworths to the High Street.

It connects the town centre with the railway, and runs south from the Borough towards the River Wey. In this photograph horse-drawn carts are the only traffic.

Northampton shod most of Cromwell's army; over the years it acquired status as an important boot and shoe manufacturing centre.

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

The international aspect of the town's trade can be seen by the sign outside Joseph Hird's grocery in the centre of the picture. It advertises him as a 'French and Italian Warehouseman'.

: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are on the left, Eagle House in the centre

It presents a delightful area of green close to the town centre and is a prized area to live.

Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities.

The market gardens in the centre are now the Wylie Road housing development. Christ Church was built in 1830-31, high above the town on Sambourne Hill.

The small River Eea (or Ay) is the largest stream in the area, and it runs through the centre of Cartmel.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

Fortunately, much of the town centre has survived the worst excesses of the developer.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

The centre of the view is dominated, like churchyards up and down the country, by a yew tree.