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The best part of Thames Ditton architecturally is north and west of this viewpoint, which shows the post office at the High Street's junction with Ashley Road.

Because of its very constricted site, St Helen's Church is immensely wide but relatively short.

The entrance to the mainline station can be seen on the right, while the tower of St Cadfan's church is clearly visible in the centre of the picture.

West of Bruton, Castle Cary is set on the side of the oolite hills of southern Somerset, with Castle Cary Park on Lodge Hill rising steeply behind the church.

From North Curry, we skirt the south edge of West Sedge Moor to the town of Langport on the east bank of the River Parrett.

This is seemingly a quiet place on the Esk Valley that runs down to Whitby, but this bridge was swept away in a flood on 23 July 1930. It was rebuilt in 1992 in the style of the original.

A good view of the town centre, the castle centre-stage and the watchtower of the new prison building behind it.

At the bottom of West Street lies the 15th-century Spread Eagle Hotel, one of the most famous inns in Sussex.

Bridport remains the capital of west Dorset, attracting weekly shoppers from a number of local villages.

LYNMOUTH, set on the rocky north coast of Devon, was 'discovered' in 1812 by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who stayed here with Harriet Westbrook, his first wife.

In 1955 the College of Art and Technology was soon to be uplifted to the status of a Polytechnic.

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

The parish church of St Mark was built in 1867. In this view we see the shape of the original tower of the church, which was damaged by fire in 1902 and rebuilt by the Marquis of Zetland.

The Hartmoor area of Devizes lies to the south. This photograph is a revealing view of old England.

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English vil- lage.

Another view of the pier, with a fishing boat drawn up against the harbour wall proving a source of interest for a little group of bystanders.

This is an evocative view of a long-dead Chelsea, with sailing vessels moored along the Embankment, one apparently with a cargo of hay.

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

This is one of the major shopping streets of the county town, with the entrance to Pratt's fancy goods store draped with a variety of baskets and bags.

The water in the castle's deep well was drawn for centuries by the use of donkey labour, a fresh supply being essential in times of siege.

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

Built in 1842, this striking place of worship sits just a few hundred yards from Chartwell - the former home of the wartime prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

Such was Iona's importance in Scottish history that nearly 50 of the country's kings are buried here, along with many chieftains of the local clans.

The Postal Directory of Flintshire, 1886, describes Tremeirchion as a 'considerable parish in the Vale of Clwyd'; near the Jesuit College of St Beuno stands a 'neat little chapel' on