Stone rises in silence, white with winter’s breath Roads sleep, bare trees bow, the city at its rest. #Norwich #aerial #image #winter #snow

Southwold Lighthouse rises above snow-covered Suffolk streets. Built in 1890 by Trinity House, its electric light replaced paraffin in 1936. Unusually inland for a lighthouse #Southwold #aerial #image #Suffolk #WINTER

Lancaster Castle aerial view - a Norman stronghold on a Roman site. The keep & gatehouse overlook the city while the Duchy of Lancaster still owns the fortress. It served as a prison for centuries & finally closed in 2011 #Lancaster #aerial #image #Castle

Above the cloud-sea, bright cold light and quiet air Below, Woodbridge waits in winter’s muted care.

Nottingham’s Council House aerial view. Its classical facade softened by fresh snow beneath a pale daylight sky. Built in the 1920s on the old market square, it remains the city’s civic heart ... calm, dignified & quietly enduring #Nottingham #aerial #image #winter #snow

Aerial view of Nottingham’s former tram and bus depot on Canal Street, built in the early 1900s for Nottingham Corporation Tramways. Later used by Nottingham City Transport, the saw-tooth roof sheds are a reminder of the city’s electric tram era #Nottingham #aerial #image

Thornham Harbour, Norfolk: this tidal creek once bustled with coastal traders. Records from the 1500s note coal ships from Newcastle. The Coal Barn (old coal hut, 18th c.) stored cargoes; Nathaniel Woods’ Jessie Mary made the last run in 1914 #Thornham #aerial #image #Norfolk

Norwich Anglia Square aerial image - from an odd perspective. Magdalen Road winding away behind it. Spencer Road on the right. #Norwich #AngliaSquare #aerial #image #Norfolk

Aerial view of Thornham, North Norfolk. The tidal creeks of Thornham Harbour snake through saltmarsh to the sandbanks of the Wash. The Coal Barn sits beside the sea wall, a reminder of the village’s long maritime past #Thornham #aerial #image #Norfolk #coast

Swithland Reservoir, Leicestershire: begun 1894 for Leicester Corporation, opened 1896. Built by John Aird & Sons to plans by J B Everard (Pick Everard). Beside Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel granite quarry & the Swithland pumping station #Swithland #aerial #image #Leicester

Lowestoft Outer Harbour, Suffolk. The onshore wind turbine at Ness Point (the UK’s most easterly point) was installed in 2006. The quays around it are reclaimed dockland including the former ‘Shellbase’ fuel depot. #Lowestoft #aerial #image #harbour #NessPoint #Suffolk

Winter sun breaking through over the River Deben at Woodbridge & Melton, Suffolk. Low tide reveals silver mudflats & winding channels, with the riverside boatyards & the East Suffolk Line running along the bank. #RiverDeben #Woodbridge #Melton #Suffolk #aerial #image

Skimming the tops of the low winter cloud over the Suffolk countryside #Skyranger #aerial #image #insta360X5

Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire, remodelled in 1715 by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 3rd Earl of Lindsey. The estate’s parkland was shaped by Capability Brown. Seat of the Willoughby de Eresby family, its origins go back to the 13th century #GrimsthorpeCastle #aerial #image #Lincolnshire #Castle

Anglia Square aerial - Norwich. Now in active demolition after the council took ownership in late 2024. DSM began demolishing the 1960s complex in Nov 2025 as the £350m regeneration moves ahead, with plans for 1,100 homes #Norwich #AngliaSquare #aerial #image

Aerial view of Sidestrand on the north Norfolk coast, with St Michael & All Angels Church & village set perilously close to the crumbling soft cliffs. Waves, groynes & a narrow shingle beach below show how hard it is to hold back the North Sea #Sidestrand #aerial #image #Norfolk

Swithland Sidings on the preserved Great Central Railway, north of Rothley. Built for the GCR London–Sheffield main line (opened 1899, closed 1966) now restored for heritage freight & engineers’ trains by Great Central Railway plc #Swithland #Sidings #aerial #image #Leicester

Swithland Reservoir, built 1890–1896 to supply Leicester, sits beside the Great Central Railway’s Swithland Sidings, a key freight yard from the line’s opening in 1899. #Swithland #reservoir #GreatCentralRailway #aerial #image #Leicester

Low winter sun over the River Deben, silver water winding through dark fields as shafts of light break through heavy cloud. A quiet Suffolk landscape from the air, boats at anchor and mudflats glowing in the spotlight of the sky. #RiverDeben #Suffolk #aerial #image

Launde Abbey aerial view. Founded as an Augustinian priory in the early 1100s, dissolved in 1539 & taken by Thomas Cromwell. The present house was rebuilt in the 1600s & later expanded. Today it’s a retreat & conference centre #LaundeAbbey #aerial #image #Leicestershire

Cantley Sugar Factory, Norfolk - owned and operated by British Sugar (part of Associated British Foods). First opened 1912, rebuilt & expanded after 1926. Still processes over a million tonnes of beet each season #Cantley #BritishSugar #aerial #image #Norfolk

Anglia Square aerial image - Norwich. Now in active demolition after the council took ownership in late 2024. DSM began taking down the 1960s complex in Nov 2025 as the £350m regeneration moves ahead, with plans for 1,100 homes #Norwich #AngliaSquare #aerial #image

Offshore platform under tow into Great Yarmouth as CPBS multicat Hound Dog & TMS tug Christine push up the River Yare into Great Yarmouth Harbour, linking North Sea energy fields with Norfolk’s historic port & shipyards #Norfolk #GreatYarmouth #aerial #image #RiverYare

Easton Bavents, north of Southwold in Suffolk, was home to retired engineer Peter Boggis, who fought Natural England over coastal defences. His cliff-top house here was finally demolished in 2020 as one of Britain’s fastest-eroding shores kept cutting inland #Suffolk #coast #erosion #aerial #image

Aerial: Great Yarmouth’s River Yare - modernist Havenbridge House on the quay, Haven Bridge carrying traffic across the river & old merchants’ streets behind once the busy heart of a great fishing port, now a quieter heritage waterfront #GreatYarmouth #aerial #image #RiverYare

Great Yarmouth aerial view: Haven Bridge House, a 1970s riverside office block on North Quay. Once housed HMRC & the Coastguard. Now refurbished as offices, it overlooks the River Yare beside Haven Bridge #GreatYarmouth #aerial #image #RiverYare

Aerial view - Great Yarmouth Town Hall on Hall Quay, by Norwich architect John Bond Pearce, opened 31 May 1882 (Prince of Wales present). Replaced the 1716 hall; new building cost about £35,800. Seat of borough council, Grade II* listed since 1974 #GreatYarmouth #aerial #image

Nottingham Castle aerial - on Castle Rock above the Nottingham & Beeston Canal. First fortified c.1068 for William the Conqueror; today’s ducal palace was built 1674–79 for the Dukes of Newcastle, now an art gallery & museum #Nottingham #aerial #image #Castle #NottinghamCastle

Aerial view: Nottingham Castle on its sandstone bluff, rebuilt in 1674–79 by architect William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, after the medieval fortress was ruined. Burned by rioters in 1831 then restored in 1878 as a museum #Nottingham #Castle #aerial #image

Downham Market aerial view, with the Grade II listed Clock Tower standing in Market Square. The surrounding market area grew from a medieval crossroads settlement, expanding rapidly in the 18th & 19th centuries with the coming of the railway in 1847. #DownhamMarket #aerial #image

Downham Market’s landmark Town Clock sits on Market Place, the centre of the town since medieval times. The clock was built in 1878 in an ornate Gothic style by local carpenter James Porter. #DownhamMarket #aerial #image #Norfolk

Grantham aerial view - a market town recorded since 1086, shaped by the Great North Road & the East Coast Main Line below. Home to Isaac Newton’s school & the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher. Pop 45,000. #Grantham #aerial #image #Lincolnshire

Walberswick aerial view. Suffolk coastal village of around 350, once a major medieval trading port on the River Blyth. The harbour shifted after storms in the 16th century which sent the port into decline but left the village wonderfully preserved #Walberswick #aerial #image

Lowestoft Railway Station – Britain’s most easterly terminus. Opened 1847 by the Norfolk Railway, later part of the GER. Once served busy boat trains & holiday traffic to the coast. #Lowestoft #EastSuffolkLine #Suffolk #Aerial #image

Easton Bavents, Suffolk – a vanished village once listed in the Domesday Book. The church collapsed into the sea in the early 1800s. Over 400m of land has been lost here since then, making it one of the fastest-eroding coasts in England. #EastonBavents #CoastalErosion #Suffolk #Coast

Southwold under my wing - on Wednesday #Skyranger #aerial #image #Southwold

Southwold from above – Suffolk’s classic seaside town (pop. c.1100). Southwold had its own narrow guage railway 1879 to 1929. It ran to Halesworth with a max speed of 25mph. #Southwold #Suffolk #Aerial #image #Coast

York Central aerial view. One of the largest regeneration projects in the UK. Former railway land around Leeman Road, Bishopfields & the old York Depot. Developer: Homes England & Network Rail, with City of York Council. National Railway Museum on left. #YorkCentral #York #Aerial

Flight with Sherwood Ranger G-SWAB filmed on an Insta360 X5 #AirToAir #SherwoodRanger #biplane #Video #aerial

Way out over Norfolk - looking east towards Scolt Head Island & out across the North Sea. The Titchwell Marsh Nature Reserve is directly below. #Norfolk #coast #aerial #image #Coast

Former RAF Bottesford aerial view. Once a WW2 bomber base, now a vast seasonal car park & Roseland business park. The classic triangular runway layout still shapes the land, even as cars replace aircraft. History written in the fields #RAFBottesford #aerial #image

Jack-up barge Sandpiper off the Lincolnshire coast – a Combifloat C-5 operated by Lankelma for near-shore geotechnical and CPT survey work. 27 m legs and a 215 m² deck help it stand clear of the waves. #Lincolnshire #NorthSea #Sandpiper #JackUpBarge #Aerial #image

UEA Ziggurats today in Norwich. Built 1964–68, designed by Denys Lasdun in bold brutalist style. Grade II* listed. Closed since 2023 until further notice due to structural concerns - along with every other concrete building from that bold brutalist era. #UEA #Norwich #Brutalism #Ziggurats

University of East Anglia (founded 1963) The famous Grade II* listed Ziggurat student blocks beside UEA Broad, completed in 1974. The Sainsbury Centre - top of image. Striking blend of Brutalism, green space and pioneering 1960s campus planning. #UEA #Norwich #aerial #image

Aerial view: Leicester city centre – the railway station and tracks in the foreground, curving streets radiating outward, and the Highcross shopping area clearly visible. #Leicester #aerial #image #city

Leicester Railway Station aerial view. Opened 1894, designed by Charles Trubshaw of the Midland Railway. To the north are the maintenance sheds and sidings, still active today. Over 5m entries/exits per year #Leicester #aerial #image #railwaystation

Leicester Railway Station aerial view. Opened 1894. Railway growth in the 1840s helped turn Leicester into an industrial powerhouse. Beyond it: the Horizon Building, Curve Theatre & the Islamic Academy. Modern city built on Victorian tracks. #Leicester #Station #aerial #image

Summer over Hunstanton: packed beach & the funfair in full swing. Caravan parks, car parks & the promenade showing how this stretch of Norfolk coast handles tourism on a busy day. Classic British seaside. #Hunstanton #aerial #image #Norfolk #Coast

A clear day over York – the River Ouse winding through centuries of streets and rooftops, with the great Minster dominating the city centre. Medieval street patterns still visible from above alongside modern developments #York #aerial #image #Yorkshire

Aerial view - Brancaster Staithe harbour on the North Norfolk coast. The tidal creeks still holding water as the tide falls. Boats riding gently in the channels, Scolt Head Island guarding the shoreline and the North Sea beyond #Norfolk #Coast #Aerial #image #BrancasterStaithe