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To the south, across the Sleaford to Skegness Road, an alley leads to Lord Cromwell's College just beyond the road frontage buildings; it is another 15th-century brick building, known as the Old College

Moving north, just beyond the Handley Memorial, and heading for the Market Place, we see buildings mostly from the late 18th- and 19th-century phase of Sleaford's prosperity, with the castellated house

This is an attractive approach road into the town centre of Sleaford.

This is an attractive approach road into the town centre of Sleaford.

This is the A153 heading towards Sleaford.

Sleaford has fragments of a castle, built by Alexander, the princely Bishop of Lincoln, in the 1120s, but its function as a market town for north Kesteven is undimmed.

Sleaford has fragments of a castle, built by Alexander, the princely Bishop of Lincoln, in the 1120s, but its function as a market town for north Kesteven is undimmed.

Sleaford is built on the banks of the River Slea which splits into two branches no more than streams in size.

This is the A153 heading towards Sleaford.

Five miles east of Sleaford, Heckington is a village widely known for its superb 14th-century Decorated Gothic parish church with its 185 foot high spire, rich carvings and sinuous window tracery.

The marooned ornate street lamp would end its days painted with black and white bands and carrying signposts for London, Grantham, Leicester, Nottingham, Sleaford, Gainsborough and Lincoln.

This view looks to the north end of Silver Street and its junction with the High Street, the main Sleaford to Skegness Road.

Five miles east of Sleaford, Heckington is a village widely known for its superb 14th-century Decorated Gothic parish church with its 185 foot high spire, rich carvings and sinuous window tracery.

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

The ground is now part of the playing fields of Seaford Head School and the buildings with two storeys of timber-railed verandahs have gone.

The ground is now part of the playing fields of Seaford Head School and the buildings with two storeys of timber-railed verandahs have gone.

We are on the south downs behind Seaford: a now-vanished rural scene, with stooks in the field on the left and horses descending the hill.

The monumental scale of St Leonard's church provides visual evidence of Seaford's medieval importance when the River Ouse actually reached the sea here, rather than at Newhaven as now.

Continuing south, cross the Eastbourne to Seaford road into the centre of East Dean village with its steep winding lanes.

The village lies north of the Seaford road, which crosses the Cuckmere River at Exceat.

The River Cuckmere, whose Saxon name means 'flowing water', rises in the Weald and meanders southwards past Alfriston to enter the sea at Cuckmere Haven between Seaford Head and the Seven Sisters.

Between Seaford and Eastbourne the South Downs reach the sea in spectacular style with chalk cliffs rising sheer over 500 feet from the sea.

The village is now a part of Seaford; it is surrounded by recent housing estates, although the scene is still recognisable.