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The shingly and sandy beaches of Bonchurch have always drawn a great number of bathers, and can get crowded on hot summer days.

Despite its name, Newchurch is one of the oldest parishes on the Isle of Wight, and once included Ryde and Ventnor within its bounds.

Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.

Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, are an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.

On the way from Clapham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale we pass through the village of Austwick. The village's church of the Epiphany was built as a lecture hall in 1839.

The Beaulieu River, being a free harbour, attracted the attentions of John, Duke of Montagu in the 18th century as a trading centre for the sugar trade and shipbuilding.

A thatched farmhouse in the New Forest - an unlikely setting for a ranch dedicated to the memory and horse-riding style of the Wild West.

Built between 1772 and 1778, the three-arched Prebend's Bridge replaced a mid 16th-century footbridge that had been washed away during the floods of 1771.

In the process he appears to have gained the attention of a small group of admirers.

Cattistock is well known as a centre for foxhunting - the local pack is one of the best-supported in England.

To the left is a better view of the old school in the churchyard. The tip of the church spire looks as if it has been repaired recently.

In February 1953 the Promenade was buried under thousands of tons of shingle, and the roads blocked by smashed boats.

The decorative brick house on the right is worth a second look. Groups of children, probably from St Wilfred's school at the bottom, occupy the street.

Until about 1800, most of the houses would have had only two stories. Visitors to the town would have stayed in one of the few inns, such as The Black Lion on the right.

This area is now the site of a bus station. Corn and Butler is presently the Tourist Information Centre.

Here we see the obelisk and twin colonnades of the town's war memorial in the year it was consecrated.

A Roman villa was unearthed at Carisbrooke in 1859 and found to cover an area of some 120 feet by 55 feet.

For centuries a strong tide has swept up Wootton Creek to work the ancient mill - one of the very few tidally- powered mills in the world.

The Market Place contains an interesting architectural mixture of Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings. St Mary's Church has a fine knapped-flint chancel.

The City of Plymouth has given its name to some forty other Plymouths around the English-speaking world.

The coves around Dawlish and Teignmouth were used extensively by smugglers until Isambard Kingdom Brunel built his atmospheric railway line and the accompanying cliff tunnels in the first half of the 19th

The sea wall leads to the Parson and Clerk rocks, with the railway - surely one of the loveliest stretches of line in the country - running alongside.

The grace of the pier is matched by the best dresses and suits of the promenaders.

A battalion of the Black Watch parade on the castle esplanade.