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The front of the hall still bears the scars of the night during World War Two when a bomb landed to the side of the War Memorial, destroying a static water tank into the bargain.

This beautiful village is situated on the Sussex border on a headstream of the Medway river. The village contains a number of fine weatherboarded houses and a school with Tudor timbering.

Set off the main road, this square accommodates considerably more parked cars today.

High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley.

Formerly the slate capital of Wales, this slate-grey mountain town is proud of its history and happily promotes its memory.

This pleasant stone-built Victorian seaside resort, just west of Conwy, clusters beneath the steep craggy slopes of the coastal mountains on Conwy Bay.

As part of a commitment to education, the Wheatsheaf pub and King Edward VII School had to make way for a new College of Advanced Technology on Market Hill in 1957.

Quite often the whole of the Channel Fleet would exercise in the Irish Sea, and then have a three- or four-day visit to Liverpool.

Grindleton is a classic case of village development: here ancient roads cross, and ribbon building took place along those roads.

The village of Avebury, population 650, is best known for its impressive prehistoric stone circles, which were recently claimed to be the work of marmalade millionaire Keiller, rather than prehistoric

It dates from the 13th century and contains the Salisbury Chapel, built in 1618 to hold the tomb of Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, at a cost of £460.

Bristol developed to become a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England.

On the left of the picture is the war memorial. Note the man and child walking away from the camera in the centre of the photograph.

The name is probably a corruption of 'Keepers' Walk'. The long avenue of elms ran to Roundway Estate. Unfortunately, this area is now threatened by developers.

In various travel guides, Bourton is billed as either 'the Queen of the Cotswolds', 'the jewel in the Cotswolds' crown', or 'the Venice of the Cotswolds'.

The presence of the Isle of Wight has given the waters around Lymington unusual double tides - a boon to yachtsmen in and around the little estuary.

Built to an original design by Sir Christopher Wren, it is believed that Aspley House's chequered history includes a spell as an outpost of the work of the Special Operations Executive during World War

Even half a century ago the relatively safe bathing at Lepe brought in thousands of tourists and the car parks were soon full on hot summer days. In the background is the Isle of Wight.

Ludham is a crossroads village set on higher ground between the rivers Thurne and Ant, both tributaries of the Bure. It is at the head of its own tributary channel to the Bure, Womack Water.

The tomb of the economist David Ricardo (to the right of the church) was designed by William Pitts in the Greek style, with a canopy on four Doric columns. Under the canopy are four maidens.

A market town situated on the edge of the Fens, Downham Market's buildings are often constructed from carr-stone, an attractive rust-coloured sandstone characteristic of Norfolk.

An impromptu game of football takes place in the shadow of a traditional seaside funfair, as holidaymakers stroll along the Esplanade.

The demand for peacetime army training led to the building of the Royal Military College early in the 19th century.

The opening on the left of Todd's grocery shop leads into College Street and from there to St William's College. The buildings to the left of the opening were demolished to make way for Deansgate.