This is probably the first purpose-built freestanding clock tower in Britain, and for a long time it was the tallest. Built in 1837, it is 82 metres high. For 134 years, the clock at the top was wound by hand, which involved someone climbing up four ladders once a week. In 1971, it was made electric. The two cannons next to the tower were salvaged from the sea and a tablet at the base remembers survivors of the Boer War.
