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These Sceptred Isles

Landscapes and Vignettes from around Britain

Great Britain Photography: Two architectural triumphs - Sir Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral and the classic red English telephone kiosk designed by the renowned architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1926

Mediaeval All Saints Church Godshill Isle of Wight dedicated to St Lawrence has a rare lily crucifix and stained glass windows by William Morris

Old stone wall in gloomy pine forest, near Abercorris, Wales

An Exmoor pony grazes amongst the heather on the moors above the coast near Lynmouth

Thatched cottage at Selworthy in Somerset

Mediaeval sunken lanes such as this one that winds through the forest near the ancient village of Winchelsea are a common feature in the Sussex weald. Their tracks have been worn into the earth by centuries of use

Monochrome image - An Airstream trailer serves as a hot hog and ice cream stand on the south bank of the Thames, near the Tate, in London, on a cool crisp autumn evening. St Pauls Cathedral visible in the background.

Yachts on the River Seiont at Caernarfon northern Wales Gwynedd

Pear tree in the cider country of Somerset

Sunbathed countryside in Exmoor, Somerset

The rays of the setting sun illuminate the face of this standing stone in the 4000 year-old stone circle kown as the Ring of Brodgar, in Scotland Orkney Islands

A large bull in a pasture on Mainland, the largest of Scotland's Orkney Islands. Cattle rearing has taken place on the islands since Neolithic times.

The A-5 highway snakes its way up the glacial valley of Nant Ffrancon . The road was originally laid out by Thomas Telford in the early 19th century

The English seaside: a luminous full moon hovers of the distant white chalk sea cliffs of Beachy Head

Stained glass window by William Morris in All Saint's Church at Godshill Isle of Wight

The harbour and ferry port at Kirkwall on a rainy summer night. Kirkwall is the largest town in Orkney

For over a century this Edwardian postbox, bearing the ornate cipher of King Edward VII, has cellected the letters from the locals in Betws-y-Coed

Osborne House, near Cowes on the Isle of Wight, was the favourite home of Queen Victoria. Built in Itanianate style in 1851 and designed by Prince Albert. Victoria died at Orborne House in 1901

The London Stone, Cannon Street - the talismanic marker that has occupied this part of the city since Roman days and to which the fortunes of the city are said to be tied

Ruins of the 13th century 'New Gate' to the ancient village of Winchelsea, East Sussex, England

Big Ben and Parliament reflecting in the Thames at night

rolling heather clad landscape of Mainland the largest of Scotland's Orkney Islands

Stone wall in dark pine forest near Abercorris Wales

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