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Now one of the country's finest tourist attractions, the house and estate was established in the 18th century and contains a huge lake and spectacular gardens.

Marske is an attractive and unusual Swaledale village, neither nuclear nor linear, nestling in a fold of hills just above the River Swale.

Travelling north along the straight road from Brockenhurst brings the traveller to Lyndhurst, an ideal centre for exploring the northern edges of the great forest.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon. The town gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

Horatio Nelson, who commanded here, was wont to remark that she was the finest 64-gunner in the fleet; he fought some of his earliest naval battles in that remarkable ship.

In the early years of the 20th century, the colourful Auberon Herbert lived near Burley. Herbert was an aristocrat, politician, republican and writer.

Laurence Washington, great uncle of George, who died in 1619, is buried in the church.

The mill pond at Ickham, on the east bank of the Little Stour, is crossed by this seemingly fragile footbridge whose supporting piles serve as a useful trap for waterweeds and other detritus before the

In front are two Norfolk wherries: the black sail that can be seen on the further boat is a characteristic of these broad-beamed, shallow-bottomed craft.

This photograph of Love Lane was taken from Barker Street.

Broad Street boasts a great variety of inns and hotels.

But it is her gnarled yew trees that claim the greatest age: this huge churchyard yew is said to date back at least to the time of King Harold.

The gardens were laid out in the early 1960s on the former Gun Wharf, providing a welcome green space below the pinnacled tower of St Mary's parish church.

The gardens were laid out in the early 1960s on the former Gun Wharf, providing a welcome green space below the pinnacled tower of St Mary's parish church.

Standing at the junction of Gainsborough Road and Morland Road, the church opened in May 1962.

This very early postcard view of the Borrowdale Hotel, with Grange Crags behind, shows the Lake District as it was before the tourist invasion really took hold.

Cloth-capped and gaitered Edwardian children stand with their father outside S Warhurst's hardware shop on a sunny day.

The bridge which carries the A6 over the River Derwent can be seen in the background of this photograph.

Although surrounded by a patchwork of fields, Widecombe is a real moorland village, and the skyline is dominated by the tors: centre right is Bonehill Rocks, to the left is Bell Tor and on the

The frontage of this magnificent factory building was saved, and new dwellings have been built to the rear.

The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man. It has since closed, and is now called Farmers Man Cottage.

A branch of Tesco Metro now occupies the building. The best clue to recognising the building today is to look for the two flagpoles. Other redevelopment in the High Street has also taken place.

The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.

On the left-hand side of the street, the building with the bay window, once the Castle Hotel and then the Co-op, is now Mackays clothing; while the premises to the right, occupied for many years by Folley's