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The industrial quarter of Penryn is behind the frontage quays almost at the head of the Penryn River.

Nare Head and the Gull Rock can be seen across Gerrans Bay.

On the left is the Queen's Head Hotel; beyond that is the Chesterfield & District Co-operative Society. Directly ahead is the town branch of Barclays Bank.

Newton Poppleford is a good base for exploring the Vale of the Otter, with footpath, bridleways and ancient green lanes heading out to all points of the compass.

Topsham, at the head of the Exe estuary, became a seaport of considerable importance in the Middle Ages.

The amount of traffic in this photograph, even for a busy day in the 1950s, shows Newport's importance as a junction and central gathering point for the entire island - with public transport heading

We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic

At Romney Lock, a Salter Brothers' passenger steamer – the 'Nuneham' – heads towards Windsor Bridge.

A view looking east from the tower towards the head. The large villas, signs of Howth's emerging prosperity as a commuter town to Dublin, are visible on the hillside.

It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

Barges towing rafts of sawn timber head past the Archbishop's Palace and All Saints' Church. Formerly, a ferry crossed the Medway at this point.

Again the café at the head of the pier can be seen and, next to it, a 'Little Theatre'.

The Quethiock cross is a fine and typical example of a tall freestanding Cornish Celtic cross with a plain shaft and a wheel-headed cross.

Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.

Here we see one of the famed paddle steamers heading down the River Dart off Kingswear.

Windhill 1903 With the tombs and churchyard of St Michael's on the right, the 16th-century Boar's Head Inn and its neighbouring cottages lean over the pavement at the top of Windhill as it drops

It is at the head of its own tributary channel to the Bure, Womack Water.

Upper Monsal Dale is seen here from the Monsal Head Hotel. In breathtaking splendour, the river picks its way through the valley. The old railway line is visible in the distance.

The tower was erected on Bradda Head in 1871 to the memory of William Milner, a Liverpool safe manufacturer who did much to ease the lot of local fishermen and their families.

Despite an increase in traffic, the Parade remains a pleasant area for a walk or to simply sit and admire the views across to Dawlish Warren and Berry Head.

Pegwell Bay houses the replica Viking dragon-headed longship which was rowed and sailed from Denmark to Broadstairs to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the landing of Hengist and Horsa; it arrived

Lyte was the much loved Victorian parson of the fishing town, living high above the town at Berry Head House.

There is just room to draw up a few boats at this remote fishing cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head at the south-west corner of the Land's End peninsula.

Plodding cows head for the milking parlour, guided by the farmer on his wobbly upright bicycle.