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Norfolk reeds are growing on the left of the river, while the right side shows the flat Halvergate marshes.

The church of St Mary the Virgin, standing on its mound on the edge of Romney Marsh and viewed here from the south-west, dates from the 13th and 15th centuries.

Rye, set on its sandstone isle rising from the flat fen of Romney Marsh, still presents something of a medieval picture, dominated by the great church of St Mary.

The church, situated on high ground above the river Blyth, is known locally as 'the Cathedral of the Marshes'.

We now embark on a tour of the Moors or Levels, the vast flat lands of central Somerset, where great drains and canalised rivers keep the marshes at bay.

The road past St Mary's church originally took an indirect course to avoid a marshy area, but in 1801 the marsh was drained and a more direct road was built.

The Sussex Turnpike Trust was set up in 1749 to maintain the road from Hindhead Heath to Chichester with a tollgate at Kingsley Marsh (now Green).

Beaumaris means 'beautiful marsh'.

Work began on the Parade in 1780, enclosing marsh and pastureland; a more substantial sea wall was built in the 19th century.

Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the Weald and Romney Marsh

This is a small village situated in the heart of Thanet, overlooking Minster Marshes.

In contrast to the flat marshes of the lower Bure, the upper reaches often have thick undergrowth and trees along the banks.

Pitsea lies to the north of Bowers Marshes.

Amidst the Cowholm marshes are the scanty ruins of St Benet's Abbey, founded by Canute.

Russell Thorndike, brother of the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, lived here when he wrote the eerie Dr Syn novels set in Romney Marsh. A

Towyn (or Tywyn) means both 'an extent of land' and 'a thing that shines', a good description of the sand and marsh around the town.

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

Standing on the fringes of the Norfolk marshes, Blakeney like Cley, once knew busier days.

In the middle ages the port was one of the Cinque Ports, before the sea turned to marshes.

Marsh Windmill is a large Fylde-type brick tower mill with four patent shuttered sails and a fantail.

Southwold Common stands between the town and the marshes, and is lined on its northern edge with a range of private dwellings.

The salt marshes are famous for their varied wildlife.

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401.

The floating jetty we see here has disappeared, to be replaced by a more substantial structure, but large chunks of the original wood still litter the marshes.