Collections Picture Library is the place to look if you want images of the history, geography and traditions of the British Isles.

We can take you, in half a million pictures, to see the astoundingly varied landscapes, cities, towns, villages and buildings of the British Isles from pre-historic times to this very day, the people, the industries, events, customs and traditions - and almost everything else to be found in these unusually interesting islands.

This website is for browsing only, and getting to know us. But it is fully linked to our interactive site, www.collectionspicturelibrary.co.uk where you can find all the same pictures plus over 40,000 others using keyword searches.

The whole point of Collections is to have as near to everything on the British Isles as we can reasonably manage but it is impossible to digitise every tiny village or obscure event we have on file that just might be needed once every 10 years. Still there are over 1000 images on this website intended to give you a more than reasonable taste of Collections.

You are welcome to use this like a catalogue, of course, and order by the number with each picture, or follow the links and the simple instructions if you prefer to deal with us on-line.

Whatever, remember that for every picture on your screen here we may have dozens of alternatives in our old-fashioned analogue files - perhaps more appropriate to your requirements! We are always happy to advise.