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The summit at 1083 feet is at the head of West Down at the southern point of Cleeve Common.

The A127 arterial road (in the foreground) was opened in 1925 by Prince Henry, and succeeded Wash Road as the main east-west route through Laindon.

Built in 1870, this was one of the many West Yorkshire institutes to offer working craftsmen the opportunity to study new skills and learn more about the world.

The village of Lower Penn was once owned by Lady Godiva, and was formerly known as Nether Penn.

At one time Brentford boasted a great many coaching inns, for the town was the first stage for stagecoaches leaving London on the Great West Road to Bath and Exeter.

The west window was given by Queen Victoria in memory of her father the Duke of Kent, who died in Sidmouth in 1820.

This view looks towards Barker's Pool, where Sheffield's first reservoir was built in 1434 to collect water from several springs on the hillside above West Bar.

Stockbridge looks as if it might easily be confused with a town in the 'wild west'. It is really no more than one long main street.

Without doubt, Cheddar Gorge is the most spectacular natural phenomenon in South-west England.

This is a quiet spot just west of Beverley. The village was built around Walkington Hall, and has a charming village pond.

This view, through the great west door with limestone in the arches, shows the building materials well: Roman bricks, septaria and flint.

A 1904 view of the pier esplanade, castle rock and the new castle. There were no trams serving Dunoon, but there were a number of horse-drawn omnibuses working between the West and East Bays.

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

Studland has the reputation of being one of the prettiest villages in England, with unspoiled cliffs to the west and the wilderness of Studland Heath, now an important nature reserve, to the east.

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

From here we can see Richmond to the east and the sweep of Swaledale to the west. The painter Turner was very fond of this place.

A good mile to the west of Littlebredy is the downland village of Litton Cheney, which contains a variety of stone-built thatched cottages and a lovely old church.

Victorian advances in engineering sounded the death knell for wooden, sail-powered ships of the line, such as these ones moored at West Mud in the Tamar estuary.

This view looks towards the church from West Exe North. Set in an area of Victorian factory housing, these streets of modest but pleasing terraces are now part of a Conservation Area.

Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.

The Benedictine Priory, founded in 1043, grew to become one of the wealthiest in the midlands, and the sheer bulk of its buildings must have made an imposing sight on the Coventry skyline.The complex

This is the centre of the village; we are looking north to West Overton County Primary School with its toothed ridge line and bell tower just visible over it.

The church is to the west of the village, adjacent to the entrance to Wrentham Hall.

The parish of Peasmarsh is situated between the River Rother on the north and the River Tillingham on the south. The village, about three miles north-west of Rye, lies on the Beckley to Rye road.