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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 today.

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 today.

The present harbour walls date from the middle of the 19th century; they are built on the site of previous medieval walls.

In 1457 the Earl of Pembrokeshire helped the inhabitants to rebuild and strengthen the walls to guard against the Spanish Armada.

The 12th-century bridge, with later additions, is a continuation of the precinct wall linking Eastgate Street with the Vinefields.

The spire of St Mary's church soars above the town, and to the right is the boundary wall of Petworth Park, the great mansion built by the Duke of Somerset towards the end of the 17th century.

The North Wall (right centre) has since been joined to the mainland (in 1979) by a random wall of rough boulders.

The old city of Hereford was contained by the River Wye to the south and the town walls to the north.

From the High Street, walk down Upper Borough Walls on the site of the town's medieval north wall to turn left into Union Street.

When the second station was constructed, new openings had to be made in the walls to give better access, because it was just outside the city walls. Much of the street plan was changed.

The square gun tower on the right, c1500, was constructed against the curtain wall, and contains two chambers.

South-westwards from the North Wall (left), across the harbour basin just about as empty as it would be today, are the Cobb Warehouses (centre) and Granny's Teeth steps, to the left

In 1903 the main south wall of the abbey was built up to the ruined west front, and repairs to the roof and buttresses on the north side and east end were undertaken.

The half-timbered houses with one storey overhanging the next look picturesque to modern eyes, but originally those jetties (as overhangs are called) served a purpose.

This well-worn structure of decorative flint work was part of the old medieval town walls, built as a fortification at the end of the 13th century.

There is a faded wall painting of the Holy Rood on the north wall.

The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.

Further away from the waterfront are Victorian houses behind the low boundary walls. The V Richardson shop is still a shop, but the next but one beyond, dated 1886, is now a house, the Old Bakery.

The brick and flint walls on the left were demolished for road widening; this took the 1960s concrete panel retaining wall near to Bank Farm, whose chimney is on the left.

Perhaps the girls are buying a bus ticket here, but the Walls ice cream signs suggest they may be after something more exciting.

The stocks and whipping post were moved from their previous position against the Bridewell wall to protect them from the 'increase in traffic' generated by the newly- built Fire Station.

The most striking feature of this view of Bakewell church's choir and east end are the mass of brightly-coloured paintings which adorn the walls.

There are 106 angels on the hammers, wall plate and wall posts, all with outstretched wings hovering over the congregation at worship.

Extensive stretches of the old medieval town walls survive today, and many of the towers and gates are still standing.