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The grand frontage of Sir James Thornhill's 18th-century mansion, built in Portland stone and with its gigantic Corinthian portico, situated on a hill overlooking spacious parkland.

High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley.

Near the entrance to Worksop College, on Sparrow Hill (the old road into Worksop), are the lion gates and one of the many lodges and gateways into the vast 3,000 acre grounds of Welbeck Abbey, built

An Edwardian gentleman in his straw boater gazes down on this little group of thatched cottages surrounding the creeper-clad Castle Inn, whose turnover must have benefited enormously from the hordes

Motorists heading out of Cornwall from Callington must descend a steep hill through the old mining village of Gunnislake, which is situated in the Tamar valley close to the Devon border.

By 1903, the Red Lion, seen on the far left, has replaced a row of fishermen's cottages, but those beyond mostly survive, one being now The Old Harbour House Tea Rooms.

Wellington, about ten miles south-west of Taunton at the foot of the Blackdown Hills, is an attractive market town with its focus where South, Fore and High Streets meet.

It is now restored and car free; the central areas are surfaced with Denner Hill setts, a hard stone from the Chilterns above High Wycombe which is used all over the south of the county for kerbs and

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury.

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled and rebuilt, moving it further away from his new home.

We are looking down on Daventry from Newnham Hill, a view that has been changed by a pink rash of housing estates as the town rapidly expanded from its comfortable 5000 in 1955 to around

The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.

This picturesque Cotswold town in Oxfordshire lies on the slope of a steep hill above the Windrush valley about 20 miles east of Cheltenham.

The River Wey rises below the great escarpment of Ridgeway Hill.

Here sun seekers sit or stroll on the promenade. Men's dress is still relatively formal, and the cars speak of some affluence.

We are looking north on the approach from High Barnet Underground Station. The church of St John the Baptist dominates this readily-recognisable street scene on the crown of the hill.

At the top of Church Hill we find this Swedish-style church, built in 1902 at a cost of £2678.

This view of Windsor is one of the most famous in England, with the great royal castle on its 100ft ridge above the river.

The photographer is looking south-west across the pretty market town of Wendover, which lies on the edge of the Chilterns.

Beyond the gates, the Ewell Road extends onwards to the centre of Cheam village.

This old manorial village 5 miles north of Sheffield was part of the industrial revolution: it established small craft workshops making nails and parts for the burgeoning factories in Sheffield

Said to derive its name from a local family, the area basically occupies a stretch of Edgware Road about a mile south of Edgware.