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Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

The castle has wonderful views from its escarpment overlooking the Welland Valley, notably from the Salvin Tower.

Valley Gardens was a favourite place for a mild constitutional after taking the waters.

The Druids’ Altar is a naturally large millstone grit formation on the edge of, and overlooking, the Aire valley conurbation, with Bradford to the east and to the west the eastern end of the Yorkshire

The Druids' Altar is a naturally large millstone grit formation on the edge of, and overlooking, the Aire valley conurbation, with Bradford to the east and to the west the eastern end of the Yorkshire

Many superb buildings complement the townscape, and this 1950s view looking west just before the major descent to the river valley captures some of this quality.

The Severn Valley Railway, championed by Sir Gerald Nabarro MP, once had a second line, which continued to Tenbury Wells through the Forest.

Another of the small iron-working hamlets in the valley of the Tilling Bourne, Friday Street probably derives its name from the Scandinavian goddess Frigga; it still enjoys its peaceful setting above a

Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per

The Trent Valley Way long-distance footpath runs through the cliff-top woods for over a mile.

view illustrate very graphically why Gisborians have always considered themselves country dwellers: the town is immediately surrounded by fields and hills, nestling in a picturesque valley

A hundred years after this photograph was taken, there appears to have been little change to the overall shape of the town, for Ilkley today retains the charm of the Wharfe Valley and the splendour of

Built to carry the Taff Vale Extension railway across the Ebbw and Kendon valleys to join the Taff Vale and Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford railways together, the 200 foot-high Crumlin viaduct

We are in the Ouse valley just north of Newhaven.

Behind the spot where the photographer must have stood is Windrush Valley School, founded in 1951, and the low building on the extreme right of the picture, next to the three-gabled house

Co-operative stores sprang up everywhere in places like Bedwas to bring affordable shopping to the valley areas, where they were often the main or only source of groceries and goods.

In 1939, however, the foundation stone of a new monastery across the valley was laid, although the monks also continued to occupy the Old Grange.

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

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester.

Byworth is a very pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.

Blackburn means 'on the black stream'.The town guards the entrances to the river valleys we have been looking at in earlier pages - the Ribble, the Hyndeburn and the Hodder - and was the starting

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.

St Margaret's church and the village lie in the Lune Valley, 9 miles from Lancaster.