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The tower is decorated by window openings that are repeated as blind arcades; the spire was added in the 14th century.

Lansdowne Terrace, a long Italianate terrace facing the Wish Tower, was built in the 1860s with its centre spanned by a wide triangular pediment; it was soon mostly colonised by the Lansdowne Private

The red brick clock tower of 1890 commemorates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. On the left is Moon's cycle depot, connected with the garage in Bury Road.

The tower of the steam engine house has now been demolished. The water mill is 18th-century, with three pairs of wheels driven by a cast iron breast-shot wheel.

The two wood and pantile shelters on either side of what was to become Tower Esplanade were useful refuges when it began to rain.

The pier was 18th-century, and the Rhenish tower added early in the 1800s by a General Rawdon.

The round turret by the side of the main entrance with its ogee cap looks very much like a windmill tower.

Here we have a glimpse of the church tower between the houses of Market Street in the old heart of the waterside town. Note the gutter in the centre of the narrow roadway.

It can just be seen on the west wall of the tower, through the branches of the tree.

It has a magnificent 120ft tower. The Sun Hotel on the right is still trading today.

Its pinnacled tower looks down over the old fishing quarter. This narrow lane winds down to the docks and harbour. On the left is the Dolphin Inn and, on the corner, the Harbour Office.

To the right of the Tower you can make out haystacks in the farmyard (now the top end of Rowley Road) and behind the Grammar School.

Lying in the shadow of Magdalen Tower are the buildings of the University Botanic Garden, founded in 1621 by the Earl of Danby and established on the site of a 13th-century Jewish burial ground.

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

The late Norman church, with its tower surmounted by a 13th-century shingled spire, was built around 1160 and stands in its small churchyard shaded by a selection of conifer trees.

When the Deanery Tower was built in the latter part of the 15th century by Suffolk's Archdeacon William Pykenham, it was supposed that it would be the gateway to a palace.

Like the town hall tower, it dominates for miles around, and is also in a monumental Baroque style. The pond is now replaced be the uncompromisingly modern Mercury Theatre, built in 1972.

This scene is dominated by the granite clock tower, which was erected in 1839. Behind it is the Town Hall of 1825, containing council chambers, a market hall and a police station.

The main gothic-style buildings with their towers were designed by Philip Hardwick. Thackeray, John Wesley and Vaughan Williams were all educated here.

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

The original Norman arch dates back to about 1175, and the tower was added a century later. The upper floor used to be the guildhall.

The village church is an ancient building with no tower, which is unusual for Norfolk.

To the right of the photographer is the interesting church of St Nicholas with its round west tower.

This church, with its seemingly unfinished tower, is an important example of 12th-century architecture. The round-headed doorways and windows are typically Norman.