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On this section of the Kennet & Avon Canal, the river Avon is crossed twice. This aqueduct at Avoncliffe is the first.

The Victorian pier was built in 1896 and juts out 1,500 feet into the turbulent waters of the Menai Strait, stretching two-thirds of the distance to Anglesey.

The busy little port of Appledore is now home to just a few fishing boats. The quay has been straightened and raised, but the houses behind are substantially unchanged.

Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

A photograph like this would be impossible to take in the 21st century, but this band of troupers provided many happy hours of innocent enjoyment for residents and visitors alike.

A good study of a 1950s beach. There are no shadows, and most of the holidaymakers are well wrapped up. The chap in the braces (left) does not look particularly warm.

Once this was the most important village of many locally; today it has itself been surrounded by the growing town of Widnes.

Richmond Council, despite vociferous local opposition, struck a deal to sell the site to their preferred developers, the property group Dawnay Day, who own most of the shops and flats on the south

Small Norman fragments can be found at the east end of the nave. The Gothic-style pulpit is of 1843, with parts from the 18th century.

The oldest cottages are based on what is known as a 'cross passage' design, whereby a passage runs straight from front to back door, dividing the house.

The earliest recorded church on this site was the church of the Blessed Mary in 1140. Here stands the tomb of Robert Raikes. Also buried here is the eccentric banking millionaire Jemmy Wood.

The bridge of 1825 replaced a crumbling 12th-century one. The austerity of this view is not softened by a few trees.

The Edith Cavell Memorial of 1918 was originally erected in the middle of Tombland. It was moved in 1992 to a plot beside the cathedral precinct's Erpingham Gate, presumably for its own safety.

This stunning panorama looks south-east over the battlements and roofs of London's most celebrated building and towards the river and Tower Bridge.

Industrial housing is dominated by the tall chimney stack and circular kiln complex of the Plymouth Brickworks at North Dimson. Fire bricks were produced here in the second half of the 19th century.

Originally granted to the monks of St Michel in Normandy, Otterton's priory remained an important religious house until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

Just two years earlier, Wells had been one of the worst hit places during the 1953 floods which devastated much of the east coast.

Another fine view of the bay, showing the town crowding down to the waterfront and the townsfolk taking a stroll. The marina and Pickie Fun Park now occupy this part of the waterfront.

Boscastle's slate-built cottages cling to the side of the beautiful valley of the River Valency, an important route inland down which came the slate and grain that were shipped from the harbour.

At the other end of the extended village of Gronant, before the area was given over to holiday accommodation and caravans, the post office not only sold stamps but also petrol and paraffin.

The Crown Hotel, formerly one of Lyndhurst's inns, was rebuilt in the Tudor style late in Victoria's reign to cater for those who came to delight in the beauties of the New Forest.

The bridge of 1825 replaced a crumbling 12th-century one. The austerity of this view is not softened by a few trees.

The Edith Cavell Memorial of 1918 was originally erected in the middle of Tombland. It was moved in 1992 to a plot beside the cathedral precinct's Erpingham Gate, presumably for its own safety.