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Ambleside is situated at the centre of the Lake District; this is now a haven for walkers, and a very busy place in the summer months. Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

Founded in 1488 by King James III, this port was for many years a strong centre of Scottish ship building; also, up until the time of our photograph, it experienced a phenomenally

We are looking north-west, with St Mary's left of centre. The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century.

The coming of the railway put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it develop as a holiday centre.

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

In the centre of the crypt is the site of the tomb of St Kentigern (St Mungo) and it was over his grave that the first church was erected.

York was a military centre, and over 1,000 men were stationed here when the barracks were built. They had their own hospital and a soldiers' institute.

Standing tranquilly a few minutes away from the town centre, this church was built in the 11th century. Over time it has had many changes.

The road curves towards the town centre, passing the end of De Vere Road. The shop in the distance is now a bigger 'One-Stop Shop'. At the far end are the two gabled bays of the Old Rectory.

The three-gabled and jettied timber-framed building of 1543 on the right was restored in 1929 and is now a tourist information centre.

Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday book was compiled, and continued as the commercial and industrial centre of Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.

At the extreme centre left you can see Diglis, with its locks, docks and weir. This is where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was joined to the River Severn in 1815.

This picturesque cobbled square is in the centre of Hawkshead. An upended cart awaits its horse, while a little girl gazes across the empty square in anticipation.

Why has the drophead with artillery wheels in the centre of the photograph got one tyre with white sidewalls?

Long before the sea front Pavilion Theatre was built, a small playhouse existed in the Parade in the centre of the town at the very beginning of the 19th century.

This is the administrative centre of the city, with the late 19th-century County Hall, the Court House and the Town Hall.

Further uphill is the village centre. The only casualty since 1899 is the wall on the right, sacrificed for road widening at the junction with Hardwick Road.

Although the 1839 hospital only consisted of the magnificent pedimented and columned centre block (on the left in this view) designed by local architect Henry Briant, it had expanded in similar stone wings

For most people, the village of Heswall is centred on this road, the A540, linking Chester with all the towns along the western side of the Wirral.

This view from the wooded heights of Harp Edge above Cromford shows Arkwright's Masson Mill in the centre of the picture, with Willersley Rocks above and the River Derwent on the right.

The post office, the Green Dragon and, opposite, the New Inn, overlook the cross-roads at the centre of the village. Galgate's inns once played a part in nominating the village 'mayor'.

Higher up Main Street stands the Grange Institute, a social and recreation centre and the base for the town's snooker club, where there are two fine slate snooker tables.

It stands at the centre of the town beside the Town Hall, which, although only completed in 1933, embodies the grand architectural style of its neighbouring buildings.