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Cartmel Priory has been a tourist attraction for a long time, partly because of its belfry, which is constructed diagonally across the tower below.

We can just see the spire of the church of St Michael and all Angels towering above the thatched cottage (centre).

St Peter's Church has never had a steeple: in this instance, the word steeple derives from the 13th-century word 'stepel', meaning an unfortified tower, which the church does have.

The clock tower on the left was added to the Town Hall in 1834. The refurbished building was formerly the Corn Exchange, then the Guildhall.

Tom Tower is one of the college's most treasured architectural features, as well as a famous landmark on the Oxford skyline.

The heavily restored medieval tower is all that remains. St Martin's was the city church and a meeting point in times of war and victory. There is a memorable view of Oxford from the top.

Eight miles offshore is the Eddystone Lighthouse, the fifth tower to stand on the famous reef and completed in 1882.

The Tudor tower house of North Lees Hall was one of seven halls built by Robert Eyre for his sons, all allegedly within sight of one another.

The tall glass tower on the left was removed in the 1950s. Known during its life as the Ritz Essoldo, the Classic, the Cannon, the MGM and the ABC, the cinema was closed in 2000.

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

The unusual octagonal tower topped by its elegant spire forms the backdrop to many views of the ancient market town and capital of the Peak.

In the background stands the church of St Mary the Virgin - its flint tower dates from the 15th century.

The church of St John, centre left, is Norman in origin, but has a later octagonal tower and pyramidal roof. G E Street restored the church in 1860-61.

From the south and south-west, the minster's twin towers, set against a backcloth of Colehill trees, dominate the skyline and dwarf the rooftops of ordinary buildings.

Marsh Windmill is a large Fylde-type brick tower mill with four patent shuttered sails and a fantail. Dated 1794, it worked until 1922.

The motor boat ride still operates, providing a pleasant alternative journey through the seashore gardens from Tower Esplanade to the north end of the parade.

The late 17th-century tower with its liberal use of salvaged Roman brick fell in the 17th century.

The 120-ft tower seen here was demolished in 1969.

Before the construction of the Senate House in the early 18th century, students received their degrees in the Church of Great St Mary's, whose tower dominates the right-hand side of the road.

The 17th-century tower contains four bells. It is unusual that the rood-screen and loft are still in place – the rood loft is one of the two in Hampshire that survived the Reformation.

This posed picture shows the lower part of the village.The 15th-century tower of the village church is peeping out on the skyline on the left.

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower

In 1913, the castle was overrun with actors rather than sheep as Marten`s Tower and the Main Gatehouse looked down on the making of the film Ivanhoe.

This view of the golf course and clubhouse from one of the lakes shows the old mansion in the background, with the tower that forms the entrance to the courtyard visible to the right of the