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The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

Marten's Tower is named after the regicide Henry Marten (1602-80) who was imprisoned in it in fairly comfortable conditions for twenty years until his death in 1680.

Externally, the 13th-century tower and broach spire are of extremely high quality.

The distinctive town hall of Loftus was built by Lord Zetland in 1879 and described as 'Free-Neo-Tudor' with a polygon angled tower.

Some of those coming into the town may have had their hair cut by Charles Todd, the hairdresser whose premises can be seen at the extreme right of the building to the right of Trinity Tower.

Unique in Hertfordshire, Standon parish church has a detached bell tower and a porch at the west end rather than on the south wall.

The imposing clock tower stands 78 feet high; its full title is 'the Castlereagh Memorial Clock'. The architect was Henry Kennedy of London, and the clock maker a local man, Mr Edward Edwards.

Structures such as the clock tower were added and interiors were transformed to reflect the Victorian taste for medieval and religious art and symbolism.

In 1930, the so-called Marine Gardens, near the Clock Tower, were properly landscaped to become the Quadrangle Gardens; the name was eventually changed to Compass Gardens, as the giant ground compass with

Eridge Old Park is a deer park with a large lake; there is also an observatory tower on Saxonbury Hill on the site of an Iron Age hill-fort. Shernfold Park is a Victorian house of 1853.

The Jacobean oak pulpit of c1630 was found in the tower arch covered in white paint, and was placed in its present position during the restoration of the church in 1851.

This was a bold statement of the strength of non-conformity in the town; at 182 feet, it outshone the seemingly insignificant towers of the parish churches.

Eridge Old Park is a deer park with a large lake; there is also an observatory tower on Saxonbury Hill on the site of an Iron Age hill-fort. Shernfold Park is a Victorian house of 1853.

The church tower was built in the 15th century on the instructions of Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and uncle of Henry VII.

The church has a tower built by Sir Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle to fulfil the vow he swore before his victory at Flodden Field in 1513 - his patron saint was St Margaret.

At the Dissolution, the nave was demolished and the western arch of the tower was filled in. The people of the town bought the remains of the original building, and it then became the parish church.

The 15th-century tower of St Peter and St Paul church is on the skyline. It was built by the town's rich inhabitants during a period of religious fervour.

It was designed by Aubrey Thomas in a very free style, with the two mythical liver birds perched on the top of its towers.

The large squat tower of St Mary's was built between 1638-40 at a cost of £750.

The fine church has a 120ft-high tower; it is famous for its hammer-beam roof and fine rood-screen.

The 15th-century tower of St Peter and St Paul church is on the skyline. It was built by the town's rich inhabitants during a period of religious fervour.

The U-boat might well have been travelling along with only its conning tower showing above the surface, as it was pushed under by her port paddle-wheel.

The clock tower was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1898. It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed.

The fabric used in the building is grey vitrified brick in the 76-feet-high north-west tower and the main body of the church, which was consecrated on 14 May 1844, although the aisles and chancel