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Dating from 1857, this viaduct once carried one of the busiest railways in South Wales.

The original hotel, a jumble of buildings, was certainly tidied up out of all recognition.

Looking north along this lane which leads to the main street, Tinker End Cottages on the right are a fine group of 18th- and 19th-century labourers' cottages.

The setting of Cadgwith is superb, with its thatched fishermen's cottages looking straight down to the wide waters of the English Channel not far from the Lizard Point.

Queen Mary I, 'Bloody Mary', married Philip of Spain in Winchester Cathedral during Stephen Gardiner's time as Bishop.

Viewed from the direction of Bryn Euryn, the prominence of the Victoria Pier is clear; Colwyn Bay sought to rival nearby Llandudno as the main attraction, as post-war mass tourism brought

A village inn, the 1930s car, and the shop all seem to have a timeless feel to them; they stand undisturbed on the outskirts of Prestatyn.

An evocative picture of the signpost and a cart at this scattered hamlet in the wooded hilly Weald south-east of Wadhurst.

The pinnacled central tower of the cathedral dominates the Gloucester skyline. Built of Painswick stone, the 225 ft high tower was completed in 1450.

Whitwick is a mining village, and is set amid some of the best scenery of Charnwood Forest. As early as 1293 it was granted a weekly market and a four-day fair. This view shows Market Street.

Here the expanding village can be seen from the Llangattock side of the Usk. To the left, a diagonal road of houses rises en route to Llanbedr.

Newnham Paddling Pool in Lammas Land, pictured here with just a small handful of die-hard paddlers and bathers, and a park keeper looking on.

Another view of Chesterfield's sloping Market Place.

Fingle Bridge, typical of an old Dartmoor pack bridge, spans the River Teign.

Morcombelake, not far from Charmouth, originated in the early years of the 20th century as a retirement place for the elderly.

The cottages of the new village were probably healthier and more substantial than those of the old settlement.

The battlemented parish church of St James in the former lead mining village of Bonsall dates mainly from the 13th century, and has a distinguished pinnacled tower and spire built in the

This is a swagger Arts-and-Crafts style house of 1888, with a welter of mullions and transoms, coving and gables. St Ethelbert's House now has a suitably ornate use as Boswell's brasserie/bar.

Before traffic calming started, the central shopping area of this large suburb had already seen some changes: note the 1960s building encroaching and replacing the Victorian terraces - some of them have

Emery Down stands on the frontier of some of the wildest scenery in the New Forest. Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.

Old Mote House, its predecessor, was the childhood home of Elizabeth Woodville (1437-1492), mother of the 'princes in the tower'.

A more modern view of St Ives, with flower boxes gracing the windows of the houses and with smart whitewashed walls. Today, there is a very fine art gallery here, the Wills Lane Gallery.

Here we see an attractive row of thatched cottages on Melbourn's High Street.

Ipswich's Grammar School was founded in the beginning of the 15th century.