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During the Great War, Cannock Chase was used as a training area for troops, and two military camps were established at Coppice Hill, near here, and at Brindley Heath, both connected by a railway.

Large 19th-century houses line the road on the far side of the Common on Chaters Hill.

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Here, at Belmont Hill, we are looking out of the village, towards the former toll bridge over Wicken Water.

Joseph Blount from nearby Rookery Farm had a horse called Tinker which could be hired to help carts up Hurstbourne Hill.

Wrotham stands at the foot of chalk hills alongside the Pilgrim's Way, and was once a substantial market centre.

Just behind the roof is wooded Beacon Hill.

The Tower is on the hill to the left.

Today, parts of the old building (the arched doorway for example) can still be seen incorporated into the interior decor of a shop on Pride Hill.

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

In the centre, we can see Bailey Lane climbing steeply up towards Crown Hill, with the railway crossing keeper's house to its right at the bottom.

A semi-detached house of little architectural merit dominates the view here, but beyond is a glimpse of the Gumley Hills as the road swings right towards Saddington.

The village, thought to date to Saxon times, takes its name from the nearby hill-fort.

On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.

The church of St Peter, standing further up the hill, has a nave and aisles dating from the early 13th century.The town name is believed to have come from the pagan worship of Thunor.

Today it peers over the western Roman wall exposed by the demolition of all these cot- tages and into the roaring gulch cut by Balkerne Hill, a dual carriageway stretch of the western bypass

Pendleton nestles right in the shadow of Pendle Hill: in fact, the name means 'the houses on Pendle'.

This is still one of Gorleston's most popular hotels, and nicely situated at the top of Cliff Hill.

Here we can see Winsford nestling in the Exe valley below Bye Hill, with the valley of the Winn winding up to the left.

A young girl with a pram stands outside the gates and vanished lodge house of Cane Hill Hospital, built in 1883.

The original hub of Witham was here, at Chipping Hill. As

During the Great War, Cannock Chase was used as a training area for troops, and two military camps were established at Coppice Hill, near here, and at Brindley Heath, both connected by a railway.

Here we see the lake and the rocky hill of Moel-y-Gest.

This sheltered cove below the Toll Road clearly shows the Carboniferous limestone that forms Worle Hill.