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This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring.

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring.

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring.

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring.

Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

The old Georgian house, enlarged by Henry Keene for the 2nd Earl of Shelburne in the 1750s, was entirely cased in Denner Hill stone, a very hard silicaceous stone dug a mile or so north of the

Claughton Hall, a Tudor mansion near the church, was moved stone by stone higher up into the hills.

Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.

Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.

Three Bronze Age stone circles on Bodmin Moor are called the Hurlers, set amongst the old tin mines.

It was erected by Sidney Hill, a local benefactor who also provided several almshouses for the elderly in the village.

High on the hill above the village from which it takes its name lies the Triscombe Stone.

Now firmly back in the ironstone hills, we reach Newnham, two miles south of Daventry.

This photograph shows the skyline from the profile of Bell Stone (left, top) along to the ramparts of the Iron Age hill-fort on Eggardon Hill (right, top).

East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.

Helsby Hill totally dominates all views of the village that sits below.

Along with the nearby Lickey Hills, the Clent Hills (which rise to 1,000 ft above sea level) form a clear boundary between rural countryside to the south and west and the man- made industrial

East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.