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

The classical front has four Tuscan columns topped by wheat sheaves instead of urns. The redundant building was converted into a county library in 1968.

The reasoning behind the construction of the Dudley and Stourbridge Canals was for the transportation of coal from pits around Dudley to the glass works at Stourbridge, and for the export of coals

The most famous tree of Wyre Forest is perhaps the Whitty Pear, 50ft high, a descendant of the specimen presented by Robert Woodward of Arley Castle.

The Cathedral's official title is The Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford. It has a unique place in the history of Oxford.

This idyllic picture of the Brixham fishing fleet gives some idea of just how much the fishing industry dominated the town for hundreds of years.

Old Laleham stands back from the reaches of the Thames, and the early boating fraternity used to enjoy catching glimpses of it from the water.

The dredging and reclamation of this part of the river was short lived, and today it has been turned into car parking space.

This photograph gives a good impression of the size of the building.

The photograph is dominated by a brick and stone building typical of its turn-of-the-century date, but in this southern sector of the town earlier houses are to be found, including a stone-faced building

The isolated outlier of Latrigg (1,203 ft) is an easy stroll from Keswick; it gives a grandstand view of the 'capital' of the northern Lakes.

This view shows the alteration of the window and roofline of the central porch. The palace is Maidstone's oldest building, originally Norman, but substantially rebuilt in the 14th century.

Known today for its massive castle (begun in 1285), one of Edward I's chain of fortresses built to subdue the Welsh, this town on the shore of the Menai Strait at the mouth of the River Seiont is now staunchly

Lower Bentham stands 15 miles east of Lancaster on the slopes of the Pennines.

Middlesmoor is one of the highest villages in Nidderdale, enjoying fine views down the dale, especially from the churchyard of St Chad's parish church.

The name of this inn is the Hero, after the most famous inhabitant of the Burnhams: Horatio Nelson, born in the rectory of nearby Burnham Thorpe, and later to become England's greatest admiral, and victor

Eype village is a quarter of a mile inland from the seashore, in a combe below the rolling Dorset downlands.

A casualty station was set up there during the air raids on Cowes on the night of 4 and 5 May 1942.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

With the last significant addition to the Esplanade being the Italian Gardens of the 1920s, only the cars (far right) betray this photograph's modernity.

The estate was held in the 12th century by Sir Robert Croc of Neilston, and it is from him that the castle derives its name.

The ornate drinking fountain with its road signs to Ambleside, Kendal, Bowness and the lake has been removed since 1955 - presumably it was a hazard on this now busy junction.

We have taken a 90-degree turn from F106013, and we face the opposite view of the corner of Chapel Lane and Three Tuns Lane.

Founded in 1136, on the site of St Mungo's Church of AD543, the Cathedral has gone through many times of peace and of strife.