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The attractive village of Bromham is now bypassed, so the old bridge over the Great Ouse is mercifully much quieter than it was a few years ago.

We have a good view of the striking and dramatic west front with its trio of huge arches, richly moulded and recessed into the façade, dating from c1220.

Constructed in 1826, and with a single arched span of a hundred and seventy six feet, it was considered an engineering marvel at the time of its completion.

It is hard to believe that the arched bridge, built in 1797 by John Carr of York, used to carry all the main Great North road traffic.

These days, the building houses McDonald's fast food restaurant, who gave the site a much-needed facelift.

Its walls are hidden beneath some rather tatty rendering, but are almost certainly made of granite, which can be seen in the arch below the gable, and in the horse trough in which the little boy

The chancel arch in the church sports an enormous and very striking mosaic, put up in 1905 in memory of the churchwarden`s wife, and made by the craftsmen who had worked on St Paul`s Cathedral.

The viaduct is 105ft high, with its 8 arches each having a span of 30ft. The Spodden flows underneath with its mill stream, which formerly served `Th` Owd Mill i` th` Thrutch`.

The church has a Norman nave and chancel, with Norman mouldings to the south door and chancel arch. The porch is Tudor.

Pooley Hall was built by Thomas Cockayne between 1506 and 1509 on the site of a much older house.

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

Overlooking the square is an arched gatehouse, built in the 14th century as a defence against Scottish raiders.

The central stream maintains the medieval character whilst the arched lamp holder was one of several erected in the 1890s.

The stonework arches belong to the 1754 replacement for St Lawrence's Bridge; it dated from 1362, and even had a chapel to St Lawrence halfway across.

The toll bridge (cars currently 30p) is just out of picture to the left; indeed, the weir goes beneath its northern arches. Built in 1872, the bridge replaced an old ferry.

The sumptuous decorations were prepared by several fine artists over a much longer period of time.

The church of St John and St Giles is a largely 12th-century structure with a much-maligned wooden bell-tower.

The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.

Whalley's viaduct is the longest in Britain, its 49 arches carrying the railway high above the River Calder.

This picture shows the remains of the nave, noted for its sturdy-looking round pillars that support a series of Norman arches.

The Guildhall was built in 1574 as a market hall; it was rebuilt in 1814, except for the splendid timber arches on which it rests, and which serve as shelter for the stall-holders and their customers.

It dates from Norman times, but parts of an older arch, containing some Roman bricks, may be seen in the nave. The large west tower was built in the late 15th century. Southend

Spanning the street are a pair of open decorative iron arches on which are hung the town lamps. On the left is a formidable display of boots and shoes cascading over the shop facia.

The interior quadrangular courtyard is entered from College Street through an arched gateway. Above the entrance is a stone figure of St William (the Archbishop of York) who died in 1154.