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Situated within the remains of the Rockingham Forest, Stanion has thatched and stone-tiled cottages looking towards the graceful tower and spire of its 13th-century church.

Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket, adjacent to the tower of St Michael's Church. This was also the site of the Bocardo prison, where the Oxford martyrs were held.

The view along the grass-verged straight street is closed by the dignified 15th-century tower of St Guthlac's Church.

The lantern tower of St Botolph's dominates the town and the surrounding countryside. The river flows down into the Wash.

Pisa is famous for its leaning tower, but Surfleet's church of St Lawrence is a notable south Lincolnshire rival, as it leans considerably towards the A152 main road despite two very robust buttresses.

The original gate was probably a duplicate of the Norman Tower. It was destroyed during the riot of 1327 and rebuilt in the Decorated style.

The round tower, which is still there, was originally used by the ship pilots of Porthcawl as they waited for ships to signal for a pilot to bring them into dock.

Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

Started in about 1290, and dwarfed by the mighty transept and crossing tower, they were not strictly necessary in a non-monastic cathedral, but many medieval secular cathedrals acquired them, including

The 15th-century tower was spared, and now serves a new religion: it supports a mobile phone mast.

One of the lasting impressions of Bolton that many a visitor has is of the grand Town Hall, with its portico of Corinthian columns and tower topped off with a French cap.

The keep (with the flagpole) was raised to three storeys and the outer walls and towers refaced in the 1820s: the walls still look remarkably fresh in 2000.

Many of its towers were built for show and serve no purpose whatsoever.

Raised well above the road, with its emaciated battlemented tower and unimaginative body, it was designed by William ), who was at the time Architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the designer

Rising above the High Street are the tower and delicate spire of All Saints' Church, built in the 18th century to replace a Norman church which was destroyed when the spire collapsed on top of it in

Eastbourne's Grand Parade consisted of three terraces stretching from the Wish Tower to the Pier; it has been described as 'one of the finest of its kind in England.'

It has a fine Perpendicular-style tower with chequer-work battlements and elegant corner pinnacles.

The church is unusual because the slope of the ground down to Puddingmore meant that the tower had to be built on firmer ground to the south-east of the building.

Three of the five bells hanging in the church tower date from the 15th century.

Dating mainly from the 13th century, it features an impressive square west tower, an aisled nave, transepts and chancel.

The tower was the Georgian St James's church of 1768, whose blitzed ruins were finally demolished in 1957.

The fire station and its tower dominate the scene, with the ambulance station and complementary education buildings to the right.

The twin Italianate towers of St George's Church dominate this view of Kendal, across the River Kent and its weir.

The Norman tower and later spire of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Yorkersgate.