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The sign for the King's Head Inn is on the right of the picture, although the King's Head itself is in fact on the opposite side of the road standing next to the International Store.The old Town

W H Smith (right) has gone, and since 1994 the shop has been owned by an antiques dealer. The van (left) is coming out of Stanhope Avenue.

From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

During the 19th century the borough council were desperately seeking new fresh water supplies for the town.

The arrival of motor traffic in Loughborough in considerable numbers meant that the town's centuries-old narrow streets were no longer sufficient to accommodate the volume of cars and lorries

It is an ancient town with a medieval layout and a wide gently curving High Street, now mainly pedestrianised.

Front Street is a long wide high street that leads down to the River Blyth.

The stooks lend period atmosphere to the harvest scene; the view today is far more built-up.

It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way its name is pronounced: 'Ucheter', 'Uxeter', 'Toxeter', 'Itcheter', to name but four.

It was the home town of General Hector MacDonald (1853–1903), who enlisted in the 92nd Highlanders at the age of 17.

The town, now mercifully by-passed, has a remarkably complete High Street, considering the volume of traffic that used to choke it en route to the coast.

The old Town Hall is a dignified building of mellow brick with a clock beneath an elegant cupola.

To the west the Melton Mowbray road reaches the town centre via Westgate, a wide street seen here looking north-east towards Market Place.

Sutton has one great asset which makes it a cut above other Birmingham suburbs - Sutton Park, which was given to the town by Henry VIII at the behest of local benefactor Bishop John Vesey.

One of Willenhall's more eccentric buildings, this mock-Tudor, mock-Gothic, former toll house became a restaurant in 1929 and has also been known as the Round House, though it is not really round.

The Square in Wickham opens at right angles to an east-west route; it might have been intentionally planned in that way when a market and fair were granted to the town during the second half of the 13th

Many ancient towns grew up with market places by the abbey gates, including Ely, Peterborough, St Albans and Glastonbury.

Situated just beyond Queen's Park, Wistaston is now a suburb of the town of Crewe. John Gerard, born in Nantwich in 1545, was educated in this village.

The brick building on the right has gone, and the timber building beside it has been extended.

It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way its name is pronounced: 'Ucheter', 'Uxeter', 'Toxeter', 'Itcheter', to name but four.

The town still retains a large number of half-timbered buildings, including several inns, such as the Bell, the Wheatsheaf, Ye Olde Berkeley Arms and the Black Bear.

Originally one of the largest country houses in the town of Cheshunt, Grundy Park is now home to one of the Borough of Broxbourne's leisure centres.

The large cupola adorns the Co-operative building and beyond, the clock tower identifies the Town Hall.

Two identical versions of the fountain still survive in a Glasgow park and Pretoria city zoo in South Africa!