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The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

This well-wooded little lake is now in the hands of the National Trust.

A long-established boat builder, Herbert Woods, has extensive sheds alongside the river. The buildings look much the same today as in 1955.

Before George Lane was built up during the earlier 20th century, it was a narrow wooded way known as Love Lane.

A private boathouse on the left is constructed of wood and thatch.

Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline.

The broad valley of the Derwent near Whatstandwell opens out between well-wooded sides, as we can see in this picture.

This peaceful scene, taken from the Packhorse Bridge, looks towards Grip Wood. The skyline today is heavily brambled, but the prominent single tree is still recognisable.

The wooded nature of the river banks is noticeable, and only the industrial scene on the far right of the picture would suggest that this is near the centre of a busy modern industrial town.

Nevertheless, walkers eager to gain the heights of 'Pilson' should not miss the wooded heights of nearby Lewesdon Hill, a very enjoyable tramp.

In the background we can see the wooded escarpment of High Fields, which overlooks the pantile roofs of the village street.

The architect John Wood the Elder planned the Parades as part of an area based on the architecture of ancient Rome.

There are fine views over the town and to the wooded slopes beyond.

The newly built Woodnewton Infants School stands close to Rowlett Road, with the trees of Thoroughsale Woods in the background.

The resort is described in an 1890s guidebook: 'it has a wooded and well-sheltered situation and a singularly lovely seaward prospect.

castle and the south- eastern approaches to the town present an illusion of island tranquillity, stretching from the wide waters of the Usk through the cattle-filled Castle Meadows to the wooded

Rifts Wood, the area between the old town and the new town, was spanned by a pedestrian bridge known as the Ha'penny Bridge, under which were laid a series of lovely gardens, including

In the background we can see the surrounding wooded hills, which within living memory were popularly known as Little Switzerland.

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.

Once surrounded by the deer-haunted woods and heaths of Cranborne Chase, Alderholt has kept much of its original character, despite some new houses and a church of little antiquity; the latter is a building

Here we see the roofs of Clifton from the pleasantly wooded Downs.

Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'wooded hill in the territory of Billa's people'.

Paddock Wood is today a surprisingly modern industrial town. At the centre of the hop- picking area, it was once a great hop centre with many oast houses.

Warwickshire`s vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well- wooded