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The wide Main Street of Egremont, watched over by the clock tower of the Victorian Town Hall, is typical of many Cumbrian towns.

Peeping above the rooftops of the village is the sturdy medieval tower of Headley's All Saints' church (left).

An interesting and unusual view from the church looking across the Ypres Tower to the mouth of the River Rother. The marshes stretch towards Dungeness on the left.

Rounded flanking towers can be seen in the photograph, and two lions stand either side of the pointed arch.

Peeping into view on the left of the picture is the sturdy tower of Wantage parish church, which dates from the late 13th century and was restored by the distinguished local architect George Street in

Freston is well known for the Freston Elizabethan tower overlooking the estuary, the Boot public house, and the parish church.

Next door is Gales brewery, whose brewing tower dominates the rooftops of Horndean. Today Gales owns over 100 public houses.

The Perpendicular tower of the parish church of St Andrew can be seen in the background.

A small turret clock, with two dials, was erected in the tower in commemoration of Queen Victoria's jubilee.

An imitation Norman doorway in the porch entrance of the south-west tower may have been based on an original piece.

It was from the top of the Goblin Tower that the keys to the castle and town were hurled at the feet of the Parliamentarian commander Major General Mytton upon the surrender of the Royalist garrison.

The tower can be seen from the river, peeping through the trees.

Leith Hill and its tower is a beauty spot not to be missed. With a good eye and on a clear day all the surrounding counties are visible.

This street, broad and uncluttered by traffic, is lined with Georgian and Victorian houses, and dominated by the splendid Victorian clock tower at the far end.

St Mary's Church can be seen on the left with its low tower.

Completely overlooked by the towering limestone cliffs of Middleton Dale, the village church of Stoney Middleton is one of the few completely octagonal churches in England.

The church has a central Norman tower with an apsidal chancel to its east. The spire is splay-footed, the pyramidal cap being chamfered away from the base to form eight sides.

The university tower was designed by Sir George Oatley, and completed in 1925. Sir George also designed the physics laboratory at the Royal Fort, which was opened by Lord Rutherford in 1927.

The tower of All Saints' is in the centre of the picture.

The little white tower of the late lamented Majestic Cinema of 1922 rises in the middle distance.

Overlooked by Windsor Castle's famous Round Tower, Windsor Bridge was erected in 1822.

The elegant Victorian life boat house with its round tower and conical roof, quite new at this time, has now gone, and a modern concrete life boat station replaces it further south-east, painted an attractive

The trees which conceal the south-west towers have now been removed. The steps too were taken out in the 1980s. Here they lead up the motte to the Castle House, which now houses the town's museum.

Only remnants of its medieval tower survive. It collapsed in 1724, and was never rebuilt.