RAF Hethel housed USAAF B-24 Liberators during WWII. Colin Chapman brought Lotus here in 1966, turning former runways into a test track. Today the 2.2-mile circuit adjoins the factory producing the Lotus Emira. owned by automotive giant Geely #LotusCars #Norfolk #Aerial #Geely

The elegant curved conservatory at Lexham Hall is a 1950s addition. The Norfolk mansion incorporates a 1630s house, was rebuilt around 1700 and enlarged by Jeffry Wyatville in the 19th century. James Fletcher-Watson remodelled it in 1947–49. #LexhamHall #Norfolk #Aerial

The family of comic novelist P.G. Wodehouse once owned Lexham Hall. Its Norfolk park was laid out in 1776, but the gardens were wrecked during WWII. The Foster family restored the estate after 1946, with new gardens designed with Dame Sylvia Crowe. #LexhamHall #Norfolk #Aerial

One shilling a year! That was the ground rent for King’s Lynn’s Custom House, built in 1683 as a merchants’ exchange for wine trader Sir John Turner. Designed by Henry Bell, it housed Customs and Excise until 1989. Charles II still watches over the entrance. #KingsLynn #Norfolk

A disastrous flood in 1947 helped reshape Spalding. The Coronation Channel, seen skirting the town, was built in 1948–53 to divert floodwater from the River Welland. In 1939, Spalding's railways carried 3,000 tons of flowers! #Spalding #Lincolnshire

A turbine caught fire at Scroby Sands wind farm in 2023. Two years later, this jack-up barge, WaveWalker 1, removed its damaged blades, nacelle and upper tower. RWE operates the 2004 wind farm off Great Yarmouth, originally built with 30 Vestas turbines. #ScrobySands #WindEnergy

A monster pike caught in this pond was sent to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace! Colchester's Bourne Mill was built in 1591 from stone taken from demolished St John's Abbey. Once a fishing lodge, it later powered cloth production and flour milling. #Colchester #NationalTrust

Five years before London's Millennium Dome opened, Nottingham had its own giant tented roof! Built for the Inland Revenue, it housed a sports hall, café and gym. Now the entire Castle Meadow Campus is for sale after an £80m university investment. #Nottingham #Architecture

Framlingham Castle helped end the Nine Days' Queen's reign. In July 1553, Mary Tudor gathered supporters here and learnt she'd been proclaimed queen, replacing Queen Jane. The 12th-century castle later housed a workhouse, still standing inside its walls. #Framlingham #Suffolk

Bought for £37.5m in 2021, Nottingham's former Inland Revenue complex underwent a £40m+ refurbishment. Now the University of Nottingham has put it up for sale. Its own accounts give a valuation of just £14.4m–£18m, against a book value of £78.9m. #Nottingham #AerialPhotography

Built for nearly 2000 tax officials, Nottingham's former Inland Revenue complex is now a university campus. Designed by Hopkins Architects with Arup & completed in 1994, the Grade II-listed site houses the University of Nottingham & Arden University. #Nottingham #ArdenUniversity

All Saints Church at Great Glemham, Suffolk, has a clock with only one hand! Made in 1770 by James Smyth of Woodbridge, it still works today. Inside is a rare 15th-century font depicting the seven sacraments and a roof with 24 carved bosses. Aerial #Suffolk #GreatGlemham #Aerial

From these Suffolk fields, B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 95th Bomb Group made the first American daylight bombing raid on Berlin on 4 March 1944. RAF Horham's runways are now largely farmland. The group earned three Presidential Unit Citations. #RAFHorham #WW2 #AerialPhotography

Built in 1951, Trinity House lightship LV10 is still in service 75 years later! Once crewed, she's now automated and solar-powered. In Lowestoft Harbour undergoing a £328,238 refurbishment by Southampton Marine Services. #Lowestoft #Lightship #AerialPhotography

From 2,500 feet, the scale of the damage at RSPB Minsmere is stark. The July 2026 wildfire destroyed around 30 hectares of heathland on the reserve, depriving rare birds of vital habitat. Some heather may take 20 years to recover. #Minsmere #Suffolk #Wildfire

Twenty years to recover: the July 2026 wildfire devastated 100 hectares at RSPB Minsmere and Dunwich Heath, Suffolk. The reserve has reopened but some paths remain closed. Minsmere aerial image #Minsmere #Suffolk #AerialPhotography

Lowestoft’s Outer Harbour dates from 1850, built to serve fishing & shipping. The red vessel is the Kingsborg. Behind it stands Our Lady Star of the Sea, opened in 1902, the only purpose-built Catholic church designed by George & Reginald Baines. #Lowestoft #AerialPhotography

The Minsmere marshes in the foreground were deliberately flooded during WWII to deter a German invasion. Now an RSPB reserve, they lie north of Sizewell, whose nuclear power stations are visible further down the Suffolk coast. Photographed from 4500ft #Minsmere #Sizewell #Aerial

Lowestoft’s South Quay still has large areas of cleared waterfront land. Once part of a busy shipbuilding & engineering district, the former Crown Works was demolished for redevelopment in approx 2004. Offshore vessel Grampian Tasker lies alongside. #Lowestoft #AerialPhotography