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The remains of a Roman hypercaust, the heating system for a Roman bath, were discovered in Bridge Street in 1863 and subsequently relocated to the gardens by the Water Tower.

This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community.

Built of rose-red sandstone, Perth Bridge was completed in 1771. The city then had a population of nearly 8,000.

Immediately beyond is a swing bridge. The 15-acre Drayton Manor park and zoo is close by; the village of Drayton Bassett is to the southwest.

St Augustine's Bridge looks pretty much the same as it did at the beginning of the 20th century, though the trees have grown, the trams have gone, and there is neither a horse nor a pile of

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

A Girl Guide troop is enjoying the sunshine on the riverbank upstream of the bridge.

Situated between the Hall and the village, Kelham Bridge's one claim to fame is that it was rammed and split in two by a small iceberg that floated down the Trent during the winter of 1854–55.

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

Looking back across the bridge towards Salutation Square. The Cavendish County Theatre to the right has since been demolished and this area is now the site of the new County Offices.

Looking across the River Corrib at Salmon Weir bridge, built in 1818 to link the new courthouse (1815) and the old jail, whose site is now occupied by the new cathedral.

The Grand Western Canal was part of a grandiose scheme to link the Bristol and English Channels between Taunton and Exeter. There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton.

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.

A ferry was first recorded as being in use here in 1323, and when the idea for a footbridge was first mooted there was a great deal of opposition.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Reading Bridge is one of only two crossing points on this stretch of the River Thames. To the east of it lies King's Meadow, and just beyond it, the confluence of the Thames and the River Kennet.

A steam launch - the 'Thistle' - is moored outside the Crown and Thistle pub's landing stage just above Abingdon town bridge. This pub, a 19th-century coaching inn, is still open for business.

An obelisk 265 yards below the lock marks the boundary of the jurisdiction of the Port of London Authority and the Environment Agency.

The lush fields are clear to see, as is the bridge, Raleigh Cabinet Works, and the estuary. The sandbars visible even at half tide illustrate why shipping to the town was lost.

This elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

This traffic-free view of the town centre from Bridge Street conveys the history and feel of the place instantly.

The River Leam and All Saints' Church from the suspension bridge.

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664. At some time during the 19th century the pub frontage has been modified so that there are continuous windows on two floors.

The old road to Camelford and beyond, later becoming the A39, climbs steeply up Gonvena Hill from the bridge.