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Today the Gorsedd Circle Stones, first erected for the 1958 National Eisteddfod, can be found in a sunken garden to the north of the town centre near the River Ebbw.

The gardens, over 60 acres in all, were laid out in the 1920s, and are open to the public.

It is actually the island garden that is dedicated, and it remembers all soldiers (not just those from Crewe) who served in the South East Asia Command and who died in the Burma Campaign in the Second

Note the pram in the front garden, and the picturesque stone cottages. The bus stop on the left is a reminder of the urgent need for public transport in rural areas.

Sophia Gardens can be regarded as the city's first public park.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb Gardens

Arguably more appropriately termed a mansion, the 'new' St Fagans Castle stands atop its impressive terraced gardens.

The 1897 Diamond Jubilee drinking fountain was reerected in The Steyne gardens in 1969.

For a very built-up area, Dudley has always had a number of green, open spaces, including the Civic Gardens, situated between Priory Road and The Broadway, opposite the Council House.

To the left is the Sun Hotel landing stage and gardens, and beyond is the gable- ended boatyard of Alfred Burgoine, founded in the 1860s and famous for their fast sailing yachts.

Ashtead stands beside the Rye, a tributary of the Mole, and judging by the signs for the tea gardens and a 'cyclist`s rest', passing trade on the Leatherhead to Epsom road was much sought-after

Beyond, a timber structure can be seen in the front garden of No 1. It was for many years the village post office.

Although lacking hedges and trees, the gardens are maturing behind fences and dwarf walls. The local council has already made a start on digging up the road and footpaths.

This was the headmaster's house until 1975 when a new house was built in the garden facing South Backway.

Nymans Gardens has an ornate dovecote and is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors.

The brick building in the right foreground is an example of early 19th century infill - this plot was a garden on Warren's map of 1791.

There is a large pier, a tramway, and a kind of Rosherville Garden with a lake for boating.

The River Derwent runs along the foot of the garden, so it is no wonder that Wordsworth believed it to be 'the fairest of all rivers'.

The terraced gardens were its equal – both tropical and alpine collections shared space with an orchard and beautifully maintained tennis courts.

Between Richmond and Kew, on the Surrey bank, are the three hundred acres of the Royal Botanical Gardens, opened to the public in 1841.

Nymans Gardens has an ornate dovecote and is in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors. Handcross Park house is now a school. The buildings in the photograph are little changed today.

In the foreground, the garden area to the left was originally part of the orchard. Note the woman with a child in a pram at the front of the Hall.

The flower gardens have been replaced by a one-way system. The Castle Hotel once stood on the left-hand side, but today there is a National Westminster Bank on this corner.

The red-brick gateway on the left leads to the garden of Milner Court, the home of the statesman Lord Milner, which is now the Junior King's School of Canterbury.