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The River Glen is just over the wall flowing towards the Wash, and the church pathways are prettily lined by many daffodils in springtime.

The earlier gate stood to the left of its replacement, and the join in the wall shows its position. The arches on the front had statues in them, which were destroyed after 1539.

This unspoilt walled town on its hilltop site was an important port until Elizabethan times, when the sea abandoned it and its harbour silted up.

The church has a most unusual feature - built into the wall around the churchyard, overlooking the road, there is a pulpit from where, perhaps, the vicar could harangue those people taking

There are a number of old posters sticking to the walls - these days there is a discreet sign which tells us that 'Bill Posting is now Prohibited'.

Built in 1331, St Anne's Gate links the Close with St John's Street and Exeter Street.The chapel above the gate, built into the Close wall, was used for concerts.

This was an important medieval trading entrance to the city for traders and travellers from the west.The Close constable still locks all Gates every night.

In 1988 a tile maze was created from the centre of the west wall to the font, and a new organ was dedicated.

Notice the sign on the wall, which reads 'To Ferry'.

We are looking north-east into the cloister east walk past the refectory end wall.

Elmore Cottages still command the High Road opposite the village pond and crossroads but have been extended on the south side where the fence on the flint wall has been removed.

Opposite is the long wall of one of the substantial villas of this road, Halidon House.

At the junction of High Street and Higham Green, opposite the chancel of St Thomas's Church, is the old Court Hall, a 14th-century building restored and altered in the 19th century as a museum.

few changes here since the time of photograph 38828 (opposite): the gas lamp (left) has gone, the left-hand porch has been replaced, and the creeper on the centre porch seems to have migrated to the wall

Here we see the eastern end of the High Street, with the wall of the Congregational Church on the right.

In 1910 the sea breached the sturdy sea wall above Cheyne Beach (centre) and caused a surge which flooded Ropery Meadow and damaged roads.

The ivy-clad walls retain a richness of style, not least in the transomed and mullioned oriel window of the hall on the right.

The pillar box still exists, although it has been moved back against the wall.

This 14th-century building with its 15 bedrooms and ancient halls boasts a fascinating list of owners including knights, MPs, sheriffs and businessmen.

A painted inscription on the wall claims that The Saracen's Head was built in the 11th century. However, the present building dates mainly from the 15th century.

Belsay was built in the early 14th century, though it is not known if it was protected by a curtain wall or if there were any other buildings. The attached manor house was erected in 1614.

The side wall of this corner shop in Hartlepool is being used for the once familiar bill boards advertising Hovis bread, Swan Vesta matches and (a more modern product) Danish Lurpak butter.

The mellow gritstone walls of the Peacock Hotel, on the A6 about four miles north of Matlock, are a landmark to visitors coming into the Peak District from the south.

The Grosvenor Hotel in nearby Stockbridge is the headquarters of the club, and the walls of its clubroom are covered with glass cases containing enormous stuffed brown trout, the fish of the upper Test