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Now around to the south-west side of Glastonbury, where Wearyall Hill lies between the town and the river Brue. The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.

The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wood Street suggests that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.

The bare chalk in this view of the Whiteleaf Cross is nowadays not seen so clearly; the downs have since become covered in trees and scrub, with woods in the middle distant field.

The Westgate Centre, the Eastgate Shopping Centre, and the high street shops in East Walk, Southernhay, and the Town Square give a comprehensive shopping experience, and of course there is the

Founded in the 12th century, the hospital of St John Baptist offered temporary relief to poor wayfarers and relief to the sick and poor of the city.

This picturesque and romantic prospect of the castle from the river, reveals why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint it in 1793.

The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings. Next comes the National Provincial Bank (now demolished).

The A46 from Bath can be seen snaking down into Nailsworth, which lies at the meeting place of three steep and wooded valleys.

Beyond are Langmoor Gardens and the Bay Private Hotel on Marine Parade. The wooded skyline above the town extends from Rhode Barton and Thistle Hill to Penn Hill and Timber Hill.

Cheesden Brook passes under Ashworth Road, flowing to the right to join Naden Brook as it leaves Carr, Gelder and Bamford Woods.

One in desperation has left his gear on the bank and has paddled into the river to assist the other hopefuls in an attempt to locate some fish.

He augmented the stone broach spire with lucarnes, and the length of the church roof with a pierced parapet.

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

The Frith photographer's desire to take views of post offices has led him to ignore the beautifully-situated village centre around its green and also the good 1879 church, designed, built and

He augmented the stone broach spire with lucarnes, and the length of the church roof with a pierced parapet.

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

Goathland, also on the popular North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which carries 200,000 passengers each year, has become a haven of tea and souvenir shops.

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

Unlike many of its rivals, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire never sold out to the railway companies, some of whom made a policy of buying up canals, then running them down so that they could gradually

Sandsend was once a centre for alum mining, and remains can still be observed along the coast.

As well as excursions up the Fal, ferries operated to Flushing and St Mawes Castle. Larger excursion steamers were employed on runs to the Lizard and Penzance.

It has a Norman flint-built round tower, and a shingled octagonal spire. It is one of the three Norman round towers of Sussex.

This is a village in two halves, High Town and Low Town, a quarter mile apart. Land around here was once one of the royal hunting grounds. The White Horse, a chalk hill figure, was carved in 1857.

South of Farnham, on the greensand heathland, there are two famous and immensely popular lakes, Frensham Great Pond and Frensham Little Pond.