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Temby is an exquisite fishing and resort town in Carmarthen Bay. It has a ruined castle, old stone walls, a bustling harbour, and just offshore, the romantic Caldy Island.

Basildon is one of eight New Towns which were set up around London between 1946 and 1949, immediately after the Second World War.

South Road became so dominant that it altered the character and subsequent development of other areas within the town such as Commercial Square, Boltro Road, and the Broadway.

The old tracks from the neighbouring village of Uplyme are the original routes into the town before the construction of the present road along the coast.

A tragedy for Chesham was the demolition in 1965 of the Market House or Town Hall in the alleged interests of those great behemoths, the motor car and lorry.

Woking should not be confused with Old Woking a mile south on the banks of the River Wey, a battered remnant of a medieval market town.

The Hazelgrove Glen was given to Saltburn by the Marquis of Zetland in 1899; it became the town's first free park in 1904, after some initial reluctance by the Town Council to adopt and develop it.

Named for the Queen and photographed in the 60th year of what had become the longest reign on record, Victoria Grove encompassed the social and architectural extremes of the era, ranging from

Most if not all of these cars would have been made in Britain, and may have been purchased through one of the town`s car dealerships, Caffyns, Wadham Stringer or Dinnages.

Tenby is probably the most recognisable seaside town in Wales.

Looking from within the abbey gateway, this view again shows the Town Hall, its up-to-the-minute Baroque grandeur and monumentality combined with the slightly old-fashioned stair tower with its almost

Highcliffe's immediate neighbour to the right has always been known in the town as Green Hill, a distinct hillock with a rocky outcrop on its northern face.

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

Whilst some of these shops were newcomers to the town - Hardy & Co the furnishers, Macfisheries, and Marks & Spencer - others relocated to Broadway from other parts of the town.

When the New Town was being built many new streets were named after people linked with the town: King Harry Street, Waterhouse Street and Combe Street, are adjacent to Marlowes where the first

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

There are three such memorials in the town to remember the dead in foreign lands, but the town itself has seen action on its own soil.

Once a port described by Daniel Defoe as 'fairer, and much deeper, than those at Watchet and Porlock', it turned into a major seaside bathing resort in the later 19th century.

The town, granted its charter by Edward I in 1294, still has something of an English air, and much fine architecture. Castle Street is one of the two main streets, the other being Watergate.

The town was fortunate to have a number of County Schools. The national school was attended by 200 boys and girls.

Battle your way across or round the inner relief road that did so much damage to the town's historic fabric and cross the Maud Foster Drain into Willoughby Road, where Boston's celebrated Maud Foster Mill

Battle your way across or round the inner relief road that did so much damage to the town's historic fabric and cross the Maud Foster Drain into Willoughby Road, where Boston's celebrated Maud Foster Mill

Wellington, Canning and Palmerston represented the town in Parliament.

Wells is famed for its superb cathedral and the Bishop's Palace. The town is also a very fine one, with much of its medieval street plan intact.