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It has since undergone various changes of ownership and modifications to the line and equipment, but its appeal to visitors young and old has never waned.

Still travelling northward in 'the county of rivers', we see the River Wye lazily winding its way into the old spa town.

A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.

It dates from the 13th century and has an octagonal ground floor with the upper floors supported on four posts, each of which is a single tree-trunk.

Whitbourne is only a small settlement and hardly could be said to be on the tourist trail. And yet, we have this picture of its tea rooms. I have been unable to ascertain just where they were.

The lovely red sandstone Caldy parish church was opened on 1 November 1907 and dedicated to the Resurrection and All Saints.

Holy Trinity church is built of limestone, clunch and flints. We enter the church through a Galilee porch that may have been inspired by the great Galilee porch at Ely cathedral.

No visit to Long Wittenham today would be complete without visiting the Pendon Museum, which includes a model of a typical 1930s South Oxfordshire village and surrounding countryside.

Here the little stream cascades in a double waterfall over the two bands of hard sandstone rock, and has cut itself a narrow gorge within the wider glen.

The Village c1965 On the main A272, Chailey actually consists of three villages, Chailey, North Chailey and South Common.

Cartmel has been described as a cathedral city in miniature, and this corner of the cobbled Market Place has not changed much since this photograph was taken.

Pedestrians could walk down the middle of the street with impunity when this mid-morning photograph was taken just before the First World War.

It narrowly escaped demolition in the early part of the 19th century.

They are good places for a stroll if the depths of the old hunting forest are too daunting. From this one there are fine views over the town.

Marsden has good sands, and is well known for the grotto on the cliff, which also includes a restaurant and a haunted pub.

This low tide view shows the rocky promontory of Pedn Olva that lies between Porthminster Beach and the foreshore up to West Pier.

Sussex Street, running between Sidney and Hobson Streets, was redeveloped in the 1930s and finished off with these elegant colonnades.

The practice of parking a bicycle by leaning it on one pedal against the kerb is rarely seen these days.

Viewed from North Load Street, Glastonbury's Market Cross was built in 1846 on the site of a medieval covered cross and fountain.

The bill for the original construction of the dam was £945.

This view north towards Forest Hill Station shows the junction with Derby Hill as it was before the church on the left gave way to the Heron House office block.

The withdrawal of container traffic spelt the end for Manchester, and by the early 1980s the docks had been flattened in readiness for redevelopment, both for residential and leisure purposes.

Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones. In 1946 a joint effort by the Town Trust and the J G Graves Charitable Trust secured the grounds for use as a public park.

Opened to passenger traffic in July 1873, on the Bollington/ Marple route, it was rebuilt in 1960. Its reopening was timed to coincide with the closure of the town's other station at Hibel Road.