I need simple advice as to how to transfer/store photos from my iPhone 4 to iCloud to free up memory on my phone.

Hi....I have 1400 odd photos on my iPhone 4 and am running out of memory so I bought extra storage (25GB) on iCloud which I have set up to use.  However I'm not familiar with how iCloud works and I don't synch my iPhone with a computer but I want the comfort of knowing that when I transfer the photos to iCloud they are there and need to know how to access them again if/when I want to.
I have looked at the Photos & Camera section in General Settings but really have no idea what Camera Roll, Photo Library or Photo Stream refer to.    I take photos as and when the mood strikes me, don't share them with anyone and only want to retain them for future reference as and when I feel like it.
Which leads me to my queries:
1. How do I transfer the photos to iCloud?
2. Can I open folders to seperate different batches of photos in iCloud?
2. When I have done this is it safe to delete the photos from my iPhone?
3. If so how do I delete them all in one go?
4. How do I access the photos again from iCloud?
Please keep the answers/ instructions simple/idiot proof as no doubt you will have surmised by now that the nature of my queries is indicative of my limited knowledge as to exactly what can be done with my iPhone!!!!
Doody

iCloud is not designed to "store" photos (as in long term storage).  iCloud can be used to sync photos from one device to another (photo stream) and to store a backup of the camera roll.  But that's pretty much it.
Camera roll is the group of all photos taken by the device (but not other photos synced to the device from another source).  Your extra storage on icloud will do you no good.  The recommended way of storing photos on a device is to sync them to a computer.
So, your questions..
1) You don't/can't
2) No, because of 1.
3) On a computer, deleting large groups of photos is relatively painless.  not so on a device.
4) You can't access photos on iCloud because they can't be store in icloud.  You can't view/access photos in a backup on icloud unless you restore a backup to a device.
Read this...  import photos to your computer...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

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