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While many of the buildings on the right remain, several were pulled down in the 1980s and their sites now form part of a supermarket car park.

In December 2000, it was estimated that 400,000 cubic metres of earth was slowly moving down the side of Leith Hill.

The majestic sweep of the fertile fields down to the coast is also marked by the workings and spoils of man's need for the stone that is quarried from the mountain on this stretch of the coast.

Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market.

The striped cabin (right) supplied cigarettes, and down the main street was the Eagle and Child inn.

The Buttertubs Pass leads dramatically down to this village, which is 9 miles west of Muker. It was hit by a natural disaster in 1898, the result of a cloud burst.

The view is north-westwards to West Down (top left).

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

Visitors beautifully attired in the finest Edwardian summer wear enjoy the cliff top promenade and the gentle slopes and steps down the cliff side.

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

This would have been dusty in summer and a quagmire in winter, especially with the heavy horse-drawn traffic that would have moved up and down this street to load and unload the vessels moored along the

The stag that sat above the doorway was taken down during renovations and mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen again.

The old windpump at Turf Fen, its sails now still, offers testament to man's battle with the rising waters down the centuries.

Their five hideous faces gaze down from the vaulted ceiling of the magnificent church porch.

In 1913, the castle was overrun with actors rather than sheep as Marten`s Tower and the Main Gatehouse looked down on the making of the film Ivanhoe.

Duncton sits at the foot of the Downs, with fine views nearby. Holy Trinity Church was built in 1866 in the Decorated style, on the site of a medieval church.

It was originally a water mill, and was owned by Rankins the Millers when it burned down in April 1965.

Workmen are shovelling china clay down chutes into the hold.

The lane leads down to Fore Street.

Sloping gently down to the River Windrush, Burford's High Street is lined with a wonderful variety of old buildings.

The weather-boarded building on the right is Barham's gunsmiths, closed down after legislation destroyed its viability.

There was once a railway running down the middle of this street and around the corner at the end. It went to Westward Ho! and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.