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North Hill climbs towards High Street, just beyond St Peter's church tower seen in the distance.

It is well-known for its wonderful old church, which has towers built by the Saxons and Normans. It also has a historic old abbey, now a nunnery, with walls of the old Saxon church.

Inside the tower can be found six bells. A replica of this church at nearby Wilsden was also consecrated on the same day, 1 November 1826.

The breathtaking outline of Tom Tower dominates St Aldates on the far side of Carfax. Morris Garages and the premises of Barclays Bank are on the right.

The pretty tower of the 14th-century church is clearly visible here.

There are 13 massive towers in pentagonal, hexagonal and octagonal designs.

Brodick was enlarged when garrisoned by Cromwell's troops, and the tower is a mid 19th-century addition.

Dugberry Hill is on the skyline (right of church tower).

The motte was surrounded by a ditch, but this came within the castle perimeter when the gate tower was built, so a second ditch was excavated.

The second light stands a little way behind, in the town, a much taller tower modelled on the Pharos light of ancient Alexandria.

In the distance, a 100ft tower, a replica of the famous Eddystone Lighthouse, surmounts Hoad Hill.

You will not be able to see this tower again unless you own a wet suit and aqualung, for it slipped into the sea below in 1916.

This was built by R Hesketh in 1867; it was remodelled by J L Pearson during the years 1889-95, when it acquired its tower and spire.

Only the tower of the old church remains - it dates back to c1500. That too was built from Waddington Fell stone.

The church tower looks Norman, but the main doorway is 13th-century. Oliver Cromwell stabled horses and troops in the church after the Battle of Preston in 1648.

This photograph shows part of the Low Green, with its war memorial and the Bay Horse Inn in the background, and the tower of the parish church of St Anne beyond.

This view from Tideswell Road shows the 83 feet high 'campanile' or detached bell tower and the semi-circular apse of this 'basilica' church. It remains virtu- ally unaltered.

John Johnson's imposing Gothic clock tower, built in 1887 of white stone with sporadic red bands and gabled clock faces, was originally intended to form the centrepiece of a new building development, some

Arthur Mee was impressed by this church, and in his King's England series he wrote that the spire is 'a striking spectacle with three bands of panelling round it' and marvelled at its 'embattled tower

Barclays Bank is along the left-hand side of the street in front of the distinctive Town Hall tower.

The pinnacled Perpendicular tower of the parish church of the Holy Trinity fills the background, with the war memorial on the right.

The building underwent considerable restoration and remodelling between 1868 and 1888, including the construction of the nave and the west towers.

The two towers of Howley Power Station had dominated the landscape since the extensions of 1946, but the site had supplied Warrington's electricity since 1900.

The church tower has Saxon quoins and Norman windows, with a rare west porch and Lady Chapel.