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This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

When Holy Trinity became an ecclesiastical parish in its own right in 1841 it included the West Park area, though this was taken away when the boundaries were adjusted in 1908.

A room at the Prospect cost from 4s 6d, with dinner at 6s a head, which put it in the same price as the Grand in Cornwall Road, but more expensive than the West Park, where rooms were from 3s, and dinner

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

We can see two church towers on the horizon: to the left is the 1860 West Park United Reformed church, and behind the trees, looking out over the site of Harrogate's first railway station,

Opened in October 1854, the park covered around sixteen acres, eight of which comprised the old Town Field; the remainder was purchased from an adjoining estate.

The residential suburb of Curzon Park West lies across the Dee to the south-west of the race course.

Sutton Park is surrounded on all sides by suburbia.

Sutton Park is surrounded on all sides by suburbia.

As we look toward West Pier from the west, we see the landward pavilion at the right, then the tower of the Metropole to its left.

Eastgate lies to the west of Stanhope on the A689.

Nash's great early 19th century urban scheme, his 'Royal Mile', led north to terminate in Regents Park.

Immediately south- west of the village and approached via Church Street is Langold Country Park, dominated by a fine lake.

East of Gravesend, near where the Thames Estuary meets the North Sea, is Sheerness, a port and seaside resort on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey.

Sandlea Park nestles in the centre of West Kirby, but the swings, see-saw and climbing frame have long gone, probably as a result of EU health and safety regulations.

Today Dudley Zoo, and zoos in general, have moved away from keeping large or exotic animals, which can be seen more in wildlife parks such as the West Midlands Safari Park near Bewdley.

The original village, cut off by the by-pass, is to the west; while this photograph, taken from the junction with Easthill Road, shows the corner of Station Road West.

The meeting of the East and West Dart rivers has drawn tourists for as long as transport has been available.

As we look toward West Pier from the west, we see the landward pavilion at the right, then the tower of the Metropole to its left.

Until the mid 19th century, Abingdon grew little beyond its Tudor limits, but in the 1860s an estate of villas around a public park was set out to the north of Ock Street.

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the 'Bridport News' office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Beyond the route suggested in this chapter, which finishes at Bedford Park, the 1950s and 1960s expansion of Bedford to the east was well planned with parks, shopping parades and schools - many of the

Above them the newly built Royal Hotel (right) and Kirby's Hotel, erected to accommodate the growing number of visitors, dominate West Cliff.

West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.