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The bridge has a total length of 1,352ft, while the distance between the piers is 702ft.

Traversed by a dozen bridges, the Wensum clutches the old city in a tight embrace.

This sturdy gritstone bridge has spanned the mighty River Derwent in the centre of Derbyshire's county town for five centuries, although it has been widened and strengthened to take modern traffic.

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

Before the creation of Ladies Island, as a result of straightening the River Stour in the 1950s, Ladies Bridge carried the footpath from Cornard Road over the river.

Two little girls walk arm-in-arm across the tree-shaded ancient packhorse bridge which crosses Clapham Beck in the centre of the village.

We are looking towards Bridge Street and the River Barle. Across the river on the hillside is The Cottage, a mock-Tudor house with plaster pargetting standing amid rhododendrons.

Note the absence of road markings and the apparently low volume of traffic that enables motorists to park on the bridge itself. Picton Place is named after the Picton family, referred to later.

The attractive Halfpenny Bridge is so named because of the charge to cross it.

It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings.

This bridge over the River Usk is situated near the site of the old castle.

St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right. The area is known locally as 'The Scilly Isles'.

It was a popular place for holidays, even though the village had been spoiled by the ruins of an alum works and an iron bridge that carried the railway line between Whitby and Saltburn.

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.

The Warren House Inn, at over 1400 feet above sea level, has the distinction of being the highest pub in Devon and one of the highest in the country.

The view from the suspension bridge towards Leigh Woods.

Before the building of the Dartford tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, the Tilbury ferry was an important means of crossing the Thames for motorists in this part of Essex.

The people to the right are enjoying a walk along the miner's route of the Stepaside line, which transported anthracite from the Stepaside area via Wiseman's Bridge, first by horse-drawn

The tramway system in Clydebank was operated by Glasgow Corporation, and on certain routes in this burgh single-deck trams had to be used to enable them to negotiate the low railway bridges.

Lower Slaughter is an artist's and photographer's paradise, with its picturesque stream flowing under attractive little stone bridges.

one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down Winnington Hill, through the Bull Ring and

Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Also, there is no ramp yet up to the bridge crossing the railway line and leading to Clare House Lane – it was built in 1904.

Originally called the House of Lords, this public house was enlarged by the Bridge Company when the ferry closed. It was renamed the Clayhithe Ferry in the 1880s, and by 1916 had become a hotel.