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Freston is well known for the Freston Elizabethan tower overlooking the estuary, the Boot public house, and the parish church.

On the road to Thrapston is a round tower built by General Arbuthnot, a friend of the Duke of Wellington, to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style saddleback

The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire

Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family. The present building is mainly a 15th-century Elizabethan mansion, now in the care of the National Trust.

This view from the church tower was taken looking towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

The tower was rebuilt in the 1530s, after its catastrophic collapse during the previous century.

Before that, the town's church tower - the tallest in Norfolk - used to be employed as a lighthouse.

The building of Holyroodhouse was started in about 1500 by James IV; the work continued under James V, who added a new tower and quadrangle.

The curious stone tower attached to the Castle Inn, whose sign hangs over the roadway, stands by a bridge over the Toller, or Hooke, shortly before it flows into the River Frome.

St Leonard's Tower is all that remains of a 14th-century church demolished in 1836.

In the distance you can see that the number of Martello Towers has considerably decreased.

The striking tower of St Mary's Church looks out across Wallingford's picturesque Market Place. Much of the church was rebuilt during the 19th century.

Leland the traveller recorded that only one tower and a little stonework from the castle remained at the time of his visit.

On the right is the truly remarkable red-brick tower of St Nicholas church, built in 1735 by Lord Petre of nearby Thorndon Hall.

The Windmill c1955 The large brick-built tower-mill still stands. It dates from 1817.

It was badly damaged by German incendiaries in March 1941 and subsequently restored, but the highest tower in this picture was never rebuilt.

The parish church features a 12th-century nave and north aisle, and a 15th-century tower. The area around the chancel arch includes some stonework from the village's Saxon church.

Levens Hall is a fine Elizabethan mansion built for the Bagot family around 1580, again around a 14th-century pele tower.

The slate lantern, part of the adjoining clock tower, dates from 1811, and gives the whole structure a jaunty air. The scene is familiar today, although the traffic has changed.

The much- restored church was first built in the Middle Ages, and the Perpendicular tower is 15th-century.

This view from the Wish Tower looks east towards the Pier: the water's edge is crowded with bathing machines, while the famous Grand Parade with Eastbourne's finest hotels runs along the left of the

The Saxon church is a well-known local landmark, with a distinctive and very unusual cap on the tower known as a 'Rhenish Helm'. This design is quite common in the Rhineland.

Coastal Suffolk may not be the first place you would think of for a skyscraper, but the charming Tudor redbrick folly Freston Tower could fit the bill, albeit in a scaled-down manner.