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A ruined 14th-century double-towered castle stands guard over Loch Ranza. It was here that Robert the Bruce is said to have landed on his return from Ireland in 1306.

The early 14th-century tower of St Teilo's, Llantilio Pertholey stands squarely among the surrounding trees.

This five-storey L-plan tower house was built by the Earl of Mar in 1628. It was here in 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar.

Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground

Built next to the Winter Gardens in 1896 in an attempt to compete with the Tower, the 220ft Gigantic Wheel was a financial disaster.

Financial difficulties prevented the college from being completed: at the time of the Bishop's death in 1431, only the gate tower and staircase had been finished. The college's future looked bleak.

This view of Station Road looks south-west past the junction to Havelock Street, with the imposing clock tower of the 1903 Co-op store.

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

The pub has lost its porch and the horse above it, but the early 14th-century tower of St Michael's still stands over the town.

It was begun by William Conqueror, and it is his keep, the White Tower, that still dominates the scene.The moat was drained in 1843 and sown with grasses and shrubs.

Concealed from view is its 15th-century traceried window, but the 176-foot tower of the 14th-century church of St Mary's soars as a landmark above the surrounding cottages.

The tower of the church had undergone substantial restoration six years before this photograph was taken.

St Stephen's has a west tower with a spire and was almost entirely altered internally in the late Victorian period.

At St Helen's Church the corbelled, pinnacled and crocketed tower stands out in more ways than one: it seems curiously at odds, in size and style, with the rest of the church.

The early 14th-century tower of St Teilo's, Llantilio Pertholey stands squarely among the surrounding trees.

The tower has stone figures at the corners instead of pinnacles. The whole church was restored in 1872. The vicar in 1906 was the Rev John Brown.

It is a splendid example of High Victorian Gothic designed by Henry Woodyer, with a tower and spire 165 feet high.

It has an embattled tower with a stair turret, and is built of red brick with stone mullions and quoins.

Even with its spikey pinnacles, the tower is unremarkable. The east end has been worked over more than once, firstly rebuilt in 1778, and then again in 1895.

Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540.This photograph shows the imposing west tower

St Mary's Church, just visible amongst the trees, was rebuilt with a tower after the steeple fell off the original building in 1792.

Also gone was the old Conduit: it was moved in 1939 to Tower Gardens. A more functional traffic island had replaced it and the age of the zebra crossing was under way.

This church was built in 1294, and its tower was constructed in the 15th century. Its windows are fine examples of Kentish tracery. Five of its six bells were made by Joseph Hatch.

In the arena by the clock tower, Charlie and the Follies and the Jolly Jack Tars were popular concert parties every summer.