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As Dunoon was the largest and best known of the Cowal resorts, its main steamer links were with Gourock, Rothesay and with the North British Railway at Raigendoran.

This must be the best-known view in Essex. Where would manufacturers of calendars be without it?

Some of the best houses in Feckenham are clustered around the village green, or the Square, though only glimpses are revealed here.

Otterton has some of the best examples of cob and thatch cottages in Devon. Many of the homes we see in this photograph date from between the 15th and 18th centuries.

England's best known Romantic poet was born in this Georgian mansion in Cockermouth's Main Street in 1770. His father was steward to Sir James Lowther, and moved to the house in 1766.

Happy Valley was described as one of the best public parks or 'leisure grounds' in Britain, and was presented to the town by Lord Mostyn.

The charter was signed on 11 October 1440, and he laid the foundation stone on Passion Sunday 1441. Thomas Bekynton celebrated his first mass as Bishop of Bath and Wells on 13 October 1443.

Now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system, Grasmere's parish church of St Oswald is perhaps best known for being the last resting place of the poet William Wordsworth, who is buried there alongside

The church of St Peter, in North Street, has a superb Norman doorway, possibly the best in the county (so the experts say), and the church has further Norman architecture inside.

It is perhaps best known for its two prehistoric monuments: King Arthur's Round Table, a Bronze Age henge, and the former Neolithic stone circle and henge at Mayburgh, of which only one standing stone

Many would consider that the best views of Cromer are from the east. Certainly the ladies prefer this side, which has easy access to the beach from the smart part of town.

Despite its name, this is actually a fortified manor house, one of the best in the country, built in the 14th-16th centuries by the Gilbert family.

A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

The boating lake and nearby bathing pool were always popular attractions for holidaymakers and locals alike.

Perhaps the best-known of York's medieval streets is The Shambles, seen here looking towards Pavement, and virtually unchanged today.

On the extreme right an area has been cordoned off with barriers, and beyond are the towers of hoists and cranes.

In the tour guides of the period the Portland was 'well spoken of', with rooms from 3s 6d and lunch for 2s 6d.

At the top of Sheep Street is the largely 17th-century Hind Hotel, perhaps the best secular building in the town.

The Red House on the left, one of the best houses in Wendover, is built in brick with earlier Georgian box sash windows with characteristic thick glazing bars and fine pedimented doorcases

St Martin's Church, with its wood-shingled spire, has a tower clock surrounded by a quotation from the poet Robert Browning - 'Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.'

Here we see picturesque timber-framed cottages in the centre of Fittleworth, to the south-east of Petworth.

Medieval Andover was established around a market which stands in the shadow of the 19th century church of St Mary, built in the Early English style by a former headmaster of Winchester College and

Medieval Andover was established around a market which stands in the shadow of the 19th century church of St Mary, built in the Early English style by a former headmaster of Winchester College and described

The honour of being entitled Hertfordshire's tidiest village for 1960 went to the village of Hunsdon near Ware.