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The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable hills.

The elegant lamp standard has gone, as have the sun blinds on the house on the left, while Howards House, the building on the right, has lost its top storey and the houses at the foot of the hill have

The 'Dangerous Bend' sign (left) says it all, though anyone trying to find the hairpin today will need to take a small detour off the straightened B3074 Higher Blandford Road between Corfe Hills

The hill leads from the Bear Hotel down to the A46 and on to North Woodchester, visible in the distance.

West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.

While the old town up the hill had its origins in the 8th century, the Bexhill everyone knows grew up from the 1880s by the sea as a resort on Earl De La Warr's estate.

Moving east towards Leith Hill, but still south of the woodland that covers the greensand hills, the tour reaches Forest Green, a hamlet scattered around an extensive green.

The name of the delightful Ham stone village of Montacute derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus', or 'steep hill'.

Standing 533 metres above sea level, this hill is made up of a stone known as dhustone (from the Welsh word 'dhu', meaning black).

This view of Borough Hill was taken from neighbouring Newnham Hill. The forest of masts and aerials was a feature of the landscape for over 65 years.

Pier Hill leads down to the sea front esplanade, with the Palace Hotel on the left.

Towards the north-west lies the mound of Beacon Hill. The earliest origins of Loughborough may be here.

On the right of the photograph is 7/8 South Brink where Wisbech's most famous daughter, Octavia Hill (1838-1912), was born.

This long straggling village, in the centre of the old tin mining district, sits on a steep hill running down to the Tamar. We are at the bottom of Fore Street looking towards Newbridge Hill.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years. It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here.

The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.

Orchard Hill and Whitecross are at the top left, and the 893ft summit of Lewesdon rises centre left. The cottages and trees in New Inn Street are overlooked by the parish church (right).

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

At the top of the hill stands the steeple of the 14th-century parish church of St Edmund.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill known as Whalley Nab is.

Situated between the great hills of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent, the village is a popular centre for the Three Peaks walk.

The road was named after Viscountess Southwell, who used to live at France Hill House in France Hill Drive; the house is now used for adult education.

A local legend says that the people planned to build it on lower land, but each night, after work, a pig came along and moved all the stones back up to the top of the hill.