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The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

This view captures well the character of much of the Thames estuary: a somewhat bleak, flat shoreline and a smudge of distant chalk hills on the Kent side.

With its spectacular beech hangers, green hills and downland, it is not surprising to learn that this corner of east Hampshire is known as 'Little Switzerland.'

This view looks north up Portobello market in Notting Hill's Portobello Road. To the left is Elgin Crescent, and on the right is Colville Terrace.

The laying out of Dudley Zoo took account of the nature of Castle Hill, and most of the animal enclosures were fitted into the natural or previously formed features.

The famous church at Hawkshead sits on a little knoll above the village. William Wordsworth's 'snow white church upon her hill' lost its white rendering in 1876.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

This was taken from the corner of the churchyard. The former Corn Exchange of 1857 is on the left, obscuring the Market Hill Chapel of 1839.

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

This country town is close to one of the noblest houses in Kent - the Jacobean home of the Sackvilles, Knole. St Nicholas's Church (left) has a 90ft-high tower and turret with a cupola.

St Lawrence's stands on Meriden Hill, aloof from most of the community it serves, but close to a small cluster of old houses and with views towards Coventry.

Great Harwood lies to the north of Accrington, and commands a lovely part of the Hyndburn Valley.

A weekend or holiday for the many children making good use of the slide and swings in this view.

Set on a hill above the valley of the Nene, Stanwick lies on the A605. The road sign can be seen pointing to Higham Ferrers.

Many of the old buildings seen at the entrance to the pier in earlier pictures had disappeared by this time.

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.

Clovelly hangs on the side of the hill, fringed by luxuriant woodland. Donkeys ply up and down the steep-stepped street, carrying goods on panniers.

Helston is pleasantly sited on a hill, above a picturesque valley. It was once a walled settlement with a castle.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.