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This view of the garden is taken from the South Cloister.

Once surrounded by forested land, this church boasts remarkable timbered west and south porches built in the early 14th century, and comprising some fifty tons of oak wood.

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach. Horses and carts were still the best way of loading and off-loading in a tidal harbour.

Generations of visitors have been asked the same question: 'How many balls are there on the balustrades?'

Wonderful as this view is, admiration is tempered by the knowledge that the road leading to the south transept was created by the demolition in the 1830s of the mainly 12th-century monastic dormitory and

This fine brick-built village is one of north Dorset's loveliest, its cottage gardens a delight all year round. Even with modern day traffic it seems a place lost in time.

Lower Bridge Street included a number of interesting buildings. The Old King's Head dates from the early 17th century, as does The Falcon (1626).

The dome is thought to be one of the earliest ferro-concrete domes in Britain.

This town is best known as the original home of the MG sports car.

Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes. The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

The High Street is Aldeburgh's main area of activity, and from here the Town Steps lead off up a steep hill. Here grand houses enjoy a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

This quiet little village north of Woodbridge was granted a market in the mid 15th century by Henry VI. Four hundred years later, it was here that John Kirby wrote his influential 'Suffolk Traveller'.

Portreath was once a thriving little mining port at the terminus of Cornwall's first (horse-drawn) railway.

This photograph was taken from the eastern end of the glen, two miles upstream from Fingle Bridge.

This bridge linked long-established footpaths crossing Dogmersfield Park to Odiham Common; they had become divided by the construction of the Basingstoke Canal.

Note the tramlines in the street, and the industrial chimney on the left.

This view shows the Norman work well, with the network of 15th-century vault ribs receding into the distance.

This church was built by the Vivian family of Singleton Abbey in 1850, with several later additions.

Smart dress and good behaviour are to be seen here in front of the picturesque Clock House Pavilion. And there are no skateboards or litter in this park scene from a more orderly age.

Douglas Tough, among others, received a call from the Ministry of Shipping asking him to act as an agent to secure small craft for an expedition from Ramsgate and Sheerness to rescue the soldiers.

The road follows the line of the old Roman road which linked North Gate and Head Gate, both entrance points to the original Roman walled town.

The main claim to fame of the church in the background is that Nelson's parents were married there.

Not far from here are some half-timbered houses dating back to the time when Sudbury was one of the most important weaving towns.

On the right is Agricultural Hall, built in 1882, in more recent years used as the city's main post office, and now as the headquarters of Anglia Television.