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This view of Matlock Bath is taken from the station on the Midland line, and shows the beautiful setting of this Derwent-side village.

Lying between Stroud and Nailsworth, the parish includes the villages of North and South Woodchester.

The attractive village of Sheepscombe was formerly part of the large, ancient parish of Painswick. Its church was built in 1820 and was given its own ecclesiastical district in 1844.

In the summer, holiday camps were busy, such as the Romney Sands Holiday Village where the railway stopped.

The village below the Crag was once owned by Fountains Abbey, and was the site of a manor court. The Crag itself is probably Wharfedale's most famous landmark.

This photograph captures an ice cream vendor waiting for business in the village centre. Before the M4 motorway existed, traffic from London came through Datchet en route to Windsor.

To the west of the village is a labyrinth of man-made caverns from which the stone for Exeter Cathedral was taken. The Quarry Caves are now an exciting tourist attraction.

Local tradition says that a Spanish galleon was wrecked in the cove here during the 17th century, soon after the village had been depopulated by a plague.

At the south-eastern corner of Worcestershire stands Cropthorne, a pretty village just off the Evesham to Pershore road.

Unlike the other villages that are mentioned in this book, Balcombe has a railway station, and it has undergone a considerable change since this photograph, though some buildings are still

This former humble fishing village achieved an enviable reputation as a holiday destination in the 18th century, which it has retained.

Dairy cattle still crop the meadows around the village of Alderholt, and are still taken in for milking much as we see here.

The village stands on the east side of the Towy where the river breaks out to sea through a widespread expanse of sandbanks at low tide.

Prior to tourism and archaeology, Harlyn was a fishing village.

Heading up to the old Heath, we leave the village through Wood End. This area has been recently developed with new housing on the right and Blacksmith's End, a modern development, on the left.

This quiet village road is now a 'rat run' for motorists avoiding hold-ups on the A14.

Danbury Hill is the second highest point in Essex, and the old village spreads downhill from this point.

Undaunted, the villagers rebuilt their cottages further up the cliff. Their view of the turbulent and cruel North Sea is a potent reminder of this vulnerable location.

The punt-like chain ferry still plies between Horning village and Woodbastwick Nature Reserve.

This great peak gives some shelter to the little village of Seatown - a tiny resort of cottages and caravans just down the road from Chideock.

A good introduction to Dorset would be to follow the course of the River Piddle from its source to the sea, passing through some delightful villages along the way.

Not so attractive, though doubtless functional, is that typical example of post-war village architecture, the bus shelter.

Here we see a fairly busy scene in the centre of this large and expanding village.

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by