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Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

Road access between the seashore cottages of old Saltburn and the new town required a steep incline, which has been the scene of some spectacular runaway vehicle crashes.

A mile or two to the west of Northampton, the village of Duston is steeped in history.

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Magnificent sea views are afforded from the Promenade, down the north coast in the direction of Hartlepool and beyond, hence the name of these gardens.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

This photograph exudes the atmosphere of well-manicured countryside.

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

This well-worn structure of decorative flint work was part of the old medieval town walls, built as a fortification at the end of the 13th century.

This relatively tranquil view of the Ewell Road looks towards the cross roads and the foot of the High Street from the forecourt of the imposing showroom and garage of Cheam Motors.

The Fiat garage seen here is typical of the period; Castrol and Regent petrol are advertised, and so are Green Shield Stamps - when enough of these had been collected, they could be exchanged for a wide

Two miles north of Hitchin lies Ickleford, where the Roman Icknield way crosses the confluence of the Rivers Hiz and Oughton.

These are the remains of part of the nave of the Benedictine abbey church that was completed by 1108.

Looking north from an upper window of the Griffin, now an ASK pizza house, the Memorial Gardens were created in 1949 to commemorate the dead of the two world wars.

Situated on a rocky site at the entrance to the Sound of Mull, the Maclean fortress of Duart dates from the 13th century with 16th- and 17th-century additions.

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

As we see here, the large stone gateposts were left standing for a number of years before being removed to give the area in front of the church a more open look.

By contrast, Argyle Street, belonging to a previous generation of building, had no green spaces at all, and the solitary tree that towered over the tenements of Sandyford is believed to have begun

On the left, peeping through the trees, are the white gables of the Old Rectory; in the foreground are the meadows skirting the River Ash which were part of the grounds of the Bishop of London's palace

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham's suburbs.

The chancel of St Andrew's was restored in 1883, when all the stonework was renewed, but retaining the 14th-century detail of the windows.

The late Norman church, distinguished by its red crenellated tower, contains some ancient wall paintings, including a fresco of the murder of Thomas a Becket.

Some people may not agree with Pevsner's description of the interior of St Michael's as being 'uninspiring'.

In this tranquil scene, a farmer rests on a fence overlooking Windermere. The wooden gates and fences in the photograph are typical of this southern, less-mountainous part of the Lake District.