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Here in Low Harrogate hotels and stylish crescents were built, attracting a very high-class visitor. The Pump Room here was constructed in 1842 over the sulphur wells.

The quay at Wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea. The harbour was developed by the railway companies – wagons of the London Midland Scottish Line are drawn up at the quayside.

Here in Low Harrogate hotels and stylish crescents were built, attracting a very good class of visitor. The Pump Room was constructed in 1842 over the sulphur wells.

Compared to the new road bridge (left) the railway bridge on the right seems so clumsy – its foundations had to be built under the water, and go down some 45 feet below the low-water mark

The Brue drains a major section of the Somerset Levels to Glastonbury and beyond; the Victorian sluices in the distance are a vital part of maintaining water levels and preventing flooding of the low-lying

There is also a Victorian east window and niches to left and right of the low panelled chancel arch. The tall west tower has diagonal buttresses, with buttress shafts and pinnacles in relief.

The low tide has left a good deal of Tate Hill sands uncovered.

These were local boats built with a strong hull so they could sit on the mud at low tide, even with a full cargo on board.

The height of the mast can clearly be seen on the moored wherry on the right of the picture; it would have to be laid flat to negotiate the many low road bridges on the Broads.

The building seen in the photograph appears as an atmospheric drinkers' dream pub, with its low doorway stepping down into a dark panelled bar, with its inevitably yellowy-brown smoke-stained ceiling.

The roofs of the nave and south aisle are so low that a first glance at St Michael's often leaves visitors thinking that the building is semi-derelict.

These small low-cost windpumps were quite widely used in the Broads area; similar mills are preserved at Upton and How Hill, and can be visited.

Outside Holroyd's shop and post office is a sign warning of a low bridge ahead. Opposite this leafy corner was the vicarage, now a private house.

The incoming tide, of course, cleared the beach until the next low water.

Across Poole Road, the low railing offered easy access to the fields of the Dean's Court Estate. The pub dates back at least to the 18th century, and parts of the building are even older.

The Plaiting School in the village employed village ladies and children who supplemented the low agricultural wages by weaving strips of straw, called plait, to the hat-making trade in Luton.

The low door on the right marked the chief telegraph office of Belfast, and in 1870 it was open seven days a week from 6am to 3am by Greenwich Mean Time.

Above are 14th-century west towers, and beyond the great central tower soars, which can be seen from many locations in the low-rise town and beyond.

The long, low 17th-century house, right, has fine stone-mullioned and drip- headed windows.

The Town Hall was built in 1881 to a design by John Lowe with a pavilion roof and tall chimney pots. Just as striking is the Town Hall Tavern, black and white, next to it on the left.

There is also a Victorian east window and niches to left and right of the low panelled chancel arch. The tall west tower has diagonal buttresses, with buttress shafts and pinnacles in relief.

The fine spire dominates the skyline and announces Fenstanton across the low-lying Fenland.

On the right of the tree, the low tiled building is the Forge (now Forge Cottage), whilst the brick-fronted houses are the delightfully named April and May Cottages.

The crews of several Lowestoft-registered trawlers take advantage of low water to carry out maintenance on the hulls of their vessels. Note that the capstan fires are kept lit.