A view of the town centre taken from the north tower of King's Lynn Minster (St Margaret's Church). Picture: Ian Burt

Across the rooftops of King Street, the Ouse sparkles as it flows towards The Wash.

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The tower of Clifton House, from where Hanseatic merchants scanned the horizon for approaching ships, appears higher than the nearby Custom House – but you can’t see it from street level on its doorstep with the twisting columns.

Lynn is a town of towers. Monks once stargazed from Greyfriars Tower, all that now remains of what was once a sizeable priory, built in 1230.

More recently, it’s been called the Leaning Tower of Lynn. It was stabilised with a lottery grant in 2006, which should prevent it listing any further.

Elsewhere - and thankfully perpendicular – the spire of St Nick’s pierces the sky, watched over by the immense grain silo by the docks.

The river was straightened as the drainers stepped up their efforts to drive water from the Fens, to speed its passage to the sea.

Once Lynn’s lifeblood, the river still brings trade to the town and fishing boats bustle to and fro with cockles and mussels.

There are plans to make more of Lynn’s maritime heritage – particularly its Hanseatic links. St Margaret’s House – one of the last surviving Hanseatic warehouses – is being restored and brought back to life.

Will it be renamed Minster House..? For 900-year-old St Margaret’s Church, which stands opposite in the oldest part of the town, recently became a minster church.

The Rt Rev Graham James, Bishop of Norwich, said it possessed great historical and architectural significance, while its scale matched that of some cathedrals.

Ian Burt captured its grand scale as he made his way back down the many steps of its North Tower.