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The village is in a Conservation area, with plenty of brick-built thatched houses in its centre.

Shipston-on-Stour is situated ten miles south-east of Stratford, and was once a centre for sheep and wool for the Vale of the Red Horse.

With no village centre to speak of, except where the Gothic/Tudor-style Hautboy Inn stands, Ockham is nevertheless a pleasant community of leafy lanes.

South-westwards from the North Wall (left), across the harbour basin just about as empty as it would be today, are the Cobb Warehouses (centre) and Granny's Teeth steps, to the left

The esplanade Hotel (left) stands on the north side of the Promenade; horse-drawn brakes wait for passengers from either the beach or the hotel, bound for the railway station in the town centre.

In 1993 this was replaced by the very successful design of the Castle Mall shopping centre, partly built underground below a raised park.

While a group of children on the beach greet the photographer, others visit the sweet shop (left), whilst a group wait with suitcases to be collected at the end of their holiday (centre).

Lane End is the crossroads in the centre of the picture. To the left, we can just see the church spire amongst the trees. Beyond is the Leven estuary entering Morecambe Bay.

This town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today the Three Peaks Race starts here.

The centre around Tindal Square, dominated by the civilised Shire Hall built between 1789 and 1791, remains unspoiled.

The Saracens Head Hotel has gone the way of many smaller town centre hotels; it is now converted to shops and offices, including the bookshop Ottakar's.

In the centre of the town is the 1728 brick-built Old Town Hall, with an open arcaded ground floor.

Dunn Square is a haven of tranquil peace amidst the bustle of a busy town centre.

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

In the centre of the picture is a sailing wherry, the shallow, wide bottomed boat with its characteristic square sail, an adaptation of the traditional trading wherry.

Since the 1820s Runcorn has been a centre for the chemical industry, with factories producing a wide range of products.

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

In Wallingford's town centre is a fine Market Place.

This settlement was once a centre for smuggling, a flourishing local industry that continued until the turn of the century, just before this photograph was taken.

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

The house in the centre, Cabbaches, proclaims the date 1390 on a plaque near its front door.

Bala was also a centre for the manfactur of Welsh flannel and tanning. The town has a long history: a Roman fort has been found near by.

A horse-drawn bus from Minster, bottom centre, remained busy, though, and Brockmans Restaurant, fourth building on the right, attracted a hungry crowd.

This street, which was once the main road into Nottingham from the south and crowded with people and traffic, is now pedestrianised and the direct route between the city's two shopping centres.