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Shropshire towns have long had a reputation for their displays of hanging baskets and window boxes, a fashion that the rest of the country seems only recently to have followed.

By the 1950s the town of Ringwood began to grow dramatically, being within commuting distance of places of employment such as Bournemouth.

This archway and wall date back over two hundred years; it is known as Gannock Gate, and forms part of a huge park known as The Walks, where it was the perfect place for fashionable folk

However, in Victorian times the town became a popular spa, complete with pump room and baths and around 100 lodging houses.

Llandudno stands back against the mass of the Great Orme's head, which shelters it from north winds, and on a neck of sand between two bays, which are so close together that in rough weather their spray

Defoe records that he saw 'perhaps two hundred sail of ships' lying by the town during the winter months, 'as safe as in a wet dock'.

Stamford, one of England's most attractive and historic towns, is only just in Lincolnshire.

The pub doors were rescued after demolition, and are preserved in the town's museum.

when railway engineers were convinced of the impossibility of constructing a rail link over Shap, Fleetwood was conceived in the 1830s to link trains from London with steamers to Glasgow and

Billy Butlin bought the land here and opened one of his holiday camps in 1945.

Here we see one of the town's post-offices.

After the railway came to the nearby town of Dorking, and also Gomshall, in the 19th century, Holmbury became a desirable place to live.

Running from the Market Place to the station and level crossing at the bottom of the hill, Berry Lane leads to today's town centre.

For such an old town, the church of St Michael and All Angels is modern, being built as recently as 1860 over the site of an older church and a 13th-century chapel.

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

Cheltenham today has a thriving musical and literary festival, and many other connections with the arts.

The first recorded market took place here in 1155; by 1440 the town was trading in a variety of commodities, ranging from dairy produce, wine and fish, to coal, lead-ore, copper and silk.

Clevedon's immunity from the heavy excursion element which affects many seaside towns renders it a veritable haven of rest.

The construction of the Esplanade c1883-84, costing in the region of £10,000, would provide a stable and stylish platform along which the town's chic new visitors could indulge in the fashion for promenading

This city (with the smallest cathedral in Britain) stands above the confluence of the River Clwyd and its tributary the Elwy.

Kelvedon lies on the site of the Roman town of Canonium, about midway between Chelmsford and Colchester.

The largest towns are Worksop and East Retford – Worksop was covered in Chapter 4.

By the beginning of the 11th century the parish was doing well enough to support five churches and two chapels.

The Dog & Partridge sign stands in the middle of the green; the pub is still trading, and it is the Official Monster Raving Loony Party's headquarters.