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To its left the pyramidal tower belongs to the famous Black Boy Hotel on Long Row, demolished in 1963 and replaced by an utterly gutless Littlewoods store.

Only the squat, battlemented tower is medieval, a 15th-century one paid for by the Pelham family of Halland.

The medieval church tower rises in the centre, and one of the two large non-conformist chapels stands to its right.

In the distance is the town centre church of St Alban and St Michael, 1933, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, a pleasing design with its lantern tower and simple Gothic detailing.

The lower parts of the tower date from the 13th century, but it was re-built in the 19th century. When the castle was left empty it became rat-infested.

Looking north, from the lane into the village from Miles Cross, 1868-dated Symondsbury School and tower of St John`s Church in the background can be seen.

St Michael's at Wilsford has herringbone flintwork and a large unbuttressed Norman tower on the west end.

In the distance and slightly to the left of the clock tower is the obelisk erected to the memory of Henry Bell, who built the first steam-powered vessel to sail on the Clyde.

The distinctive tower of Easington parish church dominates the centre of this view.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

Much of All Saints' Church was destroyed in a big fire in the town in 1675, though the medieval tower survives. The clock face has changed, and the trees and the tram wires have long gone.

The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

This and the adjoining Tower House in the churchyard are wonderful examples of early Victorian Gothic revival architecture.

South-west of the town centre, along the Ampthill Road, on a large site between it and the railway line, the County Schools were built in the 1880s on a grand plan with a massive tower and,

This castle is imposing, situated in the town centre above the bay, and was originally circular in plan with four towers.

contributed to make London the busiest port in the world: this era is long past, for now Docklands is all smart housing, flats and offices, symbolically dominated by the 850-foot-high Canary Wharf office tower

Closer is Shipton Hill at 558ft (left of centre) with Chilcombe Hill rising to 640ft (behind the church tower).

It is basically a late Norman and early 13th-century building, but it was much changed in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the battlemented west tower; its interior is relatively plain,

In the distance the modern cooling towers of Ferrybridge Power Station and in the middle distance the Aire and Calder Navigation parallel with the River Aire.

This church was built on a steep hillside between 1859 and 1861, but the tower and spire were added between 1884 and 1886. The architect was the popular John Norton of Bristol.

The church on a hill commands the scene; it has a 14th-century tower and a slender spire, with a newer nave and chancel designed by the Victorian architect G F Bodley.

St Thomas' church tower can be seen above and behind the roofs of the shops.

The church tower still has a 14th-century bell frame, a rare survival. The thatched Old Parsonage at the end of the road is late 15th-century. The exposed timbers have been plastered over.

The church of St Peter, with its 14th-century tower made entirely of wood and supported inside by a framework of huge oak timbers, also has a 13th-century chancel and a south aisle added a hundred years