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The picturesque gardens of the houses on the hillside rise in tiers over the rocky cliffs, and flights of steps climb up into the streets of the town from the river below.

A sizeable crowd are fully engrossed in the action of a cricket match on the playing fields of the school, against the backdrop of the buildings, all of which are contained on an 85-acre site.

Rebuilt in 1856-8 on a medieval site, this church has fragments from the old church on display. The architect was Woodyer of Guildford, and the builder Holdaway from Wherwell.

Borough Green was once a hamlet in Ightham and Wrotham parishes, six miles to the east of Sevenoaks.

The ruins make it hard to believe in its history of royal visits; on one of these, the mayor of Norwich arrived with a hundred citizens to present a petition to the king's mother in 1469.

Just south of Middlesmoor is Lofthouse, the northernmost point of the old Nidd Valley municipal railway.

Bancroft was said to be one of the most beautiful streets in England by the artist F L Griggs in the 1890s, and it still shows a certain charm. The building in the distance stands at Moss's Corner.

In 739, the Mercian king Offa founded a Benedictine house for men and women, which he endowed with huge tracts of Hertfordshire countryside together with their rents and tithes.

At Douglas, passengers can land at all states of the tide.

The lower end of West Street, looking westwards, has all manner of public houses from the Sun Hotel (left) to the Lily Hotel. Between them are the showrooms of Bridport Motors.

Going north to the Godstone to Reigate road, that part of the A25 that runs along the greensand ridge south of the North Downs, we reach the village of Bletchingley.

The village of Radley is best known for its public school founded in 1847. To the east of its campus is the village, as it were at the gates of the school.

The font cover is one of the finest medieval covers in England, with tabernacle work rising in stages to 12 feet in height.

In this view of the reconstructed gatehouse, remnants of the original medieval stonework can still be seen - a reminder of the old Norman castle.

The Queen's Head c1955 In the early 19th century the Border town of Rothbury enjoyed a reputation as a health resort, where during the summer season visitors could 'drink goat's whey and enjoy

This view shows the widest area of the market place, where most of the livestock was sold up to 1907.

The top part of the cross was discovered in the 19th century at Tresmarrow Farm, and was put in the town museum.

In a city full of medieval gems, the Hall of John Halle stands out as an extraordinary curiosity.

From the 1500s a Reader was appointed to take on the duties of a present-day curate for the church, and in the 18th century the Reader occupied this building.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, but it fell into decline with the development of steam trawlers, which tended

Very close to Junction 19 on the M1 motorway, the village is unremarkable.

Completed in 1753 at a cost of £12, the Market Hall, Butter Cross and the stocks were removed at a cost of £16 6s from Main Street to the Prince of Wales park in 1888, which is where we see them in this

From the modern, bustling entertainment of Drusilla's Zoo Park we finish this chapter in Wilmington, on the east side of the Cuckmere River.

The spire of St Peter's Church can be seen from all parts of Horbury.