Photograph: Dick Flowers

'Just one area - the "Trowse Triangle' - is still partly derelict'

The darker side of early and recent history. The old stone building to the right of the picture is one of a pair of 'boom towers' constructed in the 13th century. They supported a massive chain across the river, to discourage invaders from the continent of Europe. Now this tower is in need of conservation.

Little can be said for the surviving commercial buildings huddled on the bank beyond it, which at present totally obstruct any further extension of the riverside walk.

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