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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 14h

This tiny Essex chapel was built around AD 654 using stone and bricks robbed from a Roman fort. St Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell is one of England’s oldest surviving churches ... and for centuries it was used as a barn before being restored in 1920. #Essex #Bradwell #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This extraordinary roof helped point the way to the Crystal Palace. Chatham’s No. 4 Slip was built in 1847–48 with pioneering cast-iron framing, years before Britain’s great railway sheds. Today it houses 20 historic RNLI lifeboats. #Chatham #RNLI #PoleAerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This tiny Norfolk church contains four sets of Royal Arms - more than any other church in East Anglia. St Mary’s, Denton, also hides the remains of a Norman round tower, partly rebuilt square after it collapsed, plus stained glass around 700 years old. #Norfolk #Aerial #Church

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Helhoughton was a surprisingly substantial place 940 years ago - the Domesday Book records about 73 households, putting it in the larger 20% of settlements surveyed. Its name combines the Norse personal name Helgi with the Old English “tun”, or farmstead. #Norfolk #Helhoughton

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When York station opened in 1877 it was the largest railway station in the world. Its 13 platforms finally let through-trains avoid reversing out of York. Today its great curved trainshed still carries the East Coast Main Line through the city. #York #Railways #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This Lincolnshire castle holds one of Britain’s largest collections of royal thrones outside the Royal Palaces. Henry VIII gave Grimsthorpe as a wedding gift in 1516; its spectacular Baroque front was Sir John Vanbrugh’s final masterpiece. #Grimsthorpe #Lincolnshire #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This 160-year-old military landscape may soon disappear beneath housing. Middlewick Ranges has been used for firing since the 1850s, but the MOD earmarked it for disposal. Its future is still disputed, with ecology, public access and development all in play. #Colchester #Essex

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A world heavyweight boxing champion is commemorated here but he isn’t buried here. Jem Mace, born in Beeston in 1831 became “Champion of the World”; his memorial cross stands in St Mary’s churchyard. The church’s spire was rebuilt after lightning struck in 1872. #Norfolk #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Now home to Ali Dent and his gnomes, Hilgay was once literally an island in the Fens — its name means “island of Hydla’s people”. Drainage has since lowered the surrounding peat, making its raised position more obvious. The River Wissey curls past the village. #Hilgay #Norfolk

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Leicester City’s training ground has its own nine-hole golf course. The 185-acre Seagrave complex cost about £95m and includes 21 playing surfaces, 14 full-size pitches, a 499-seat show pitch, hydrotherapy facilities and player accommodation. #LCFC #Seagrave

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This ship’s gangway can stay virtually still against a wind turbine while the ship beneath it pitches, rolls and heaves in the sea. IWS Windwalker is a 90m hybrid CSOV, built to transfer technicians safely onto offshore turbines. #Lowestoft #OffshoreWind

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Once a huge Cold War USAF nuclear bomber base, RAF Sculthorpe is still in military use today. Its 3,000-yard runway and sprawling dispersals survive within the Sculthorpe Training Area, now used for MOD training. #Norfolk #RAF #ColdWar

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They still sell horses in guineas — a currency whose coin vanished in 1816. Tattersalls, founded in 1766, is the world’s oldest thoroughbred auctioneer. Its Newmarket home, Park Paddocks, was bought in 1898; Marsha sold here for a European-record 6m guineas in 2017. #Newmarket #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

These crumbling cliffs contain sands laid down in a shallow sea around 2 million years ago. Yet at Thorpeness, over 27m of cliff was lost in little more than a year by Jan 2026, forcing homes on North End Avenue to be demolished. #Thorpeness #Suffolk #Erosion

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This Skegness hotel began life as a golf clubhouse. North Shore’s links opened in 1910 and were designed by five-time Open champion James Braid. The original clubhouse grew into today’s hotel, beside an 18-hole course. #Skegness #Golf #Lincolnshire

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lowestoft had a grand plan: turn Norwich into a seaport. Lake Lothing was opened to the sea in 1831 and the New Cut followed in 1833. But the dream collapsed, the company went bust and, in 1847, the railway arrived to transform Lowestoft instead. #Lowestoft #Suffolk #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Its four steel legs are each 55 metres long - taller than Nelson’s Column. Haven SeaChallenger can carry up to 1,000 tonnes on its 1,200m² deck and is seen here working offshore at Sizewell C. Built in Japan in 1974, it’s still earning its keep 52 years later. #Sizewell #Suffolk #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

These turbines generate cash as well as electricity. Gayton le Marsh’s wind farm pays about £24,000 a year into a village fund, used for community grants, maintenance and road passing places. In this photograph, you see sunlight hitting a passing rain shower #Lincolnshire #WindPower #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This barge can literally lift itself out of the sea. Haven SeaChallenger is a 50m × 24m jack-up barge: four legs are lowered to the seabed, then the 1,000-tonne-capacity platform is jacked above the waves to create a stable offshore worksite. Seen here off Sizewell #Sizewell #Suffolk #Aerial #Coast

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One Bishop of Lincoln became known as the “Bishop of Buckden who never saw Lincoln”! Buckden Towers was a bishops’ palace for centuries; its Great Tower dates to c.1480. Catherine of Aragon lived here in 1533–34 after Henry VIII cast her aside. #BuckdenTowers #Cambridgeshire

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In 1839, coaches from the north passed through Buckden almost hourly; by 1854, not one was seen in its streets. The village grew on the Great North Road. Behind it lies Grafham Water, created in the 1960s and officially opened by Prince Philip in 1966. #Buckden #GrafhamWater #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Until 1936, Sandringham kept its own time - 30 mins ahead of GMT, introduced by Edward VII to make more of the daylight. Bought for the future Edward VII in 1862, the Norfolk estate remains a private royal home. House & Gardens open seasonally #Sandringham #Norfolk #RoyalFamily

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Rochester Cathedral has recorded more than 7,000 pieces of graffiti, some dating back to the 12th century – including medieval masons’ marks and votive inscriptions. Founded in AD 604, it’s England’s second-oldest cathedral foundation. #Rochester #AerialPhotography #Kent

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hidden among the trees at East Lexham, St Andrew’s is a remarkable survivor. Its round west tower is Saxo-Norman and the Grade I-listed church has two extraordinary bell openings, each carved from a single slab of stone. #Norfolk #Churches #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Flying south down the Suffolk coast towards Sizewell, where the vast scale of construction for Sizewell C is impossible to miss. New roads, earthworks and infrastructure are transforming the landscape around the existing Sizewell B. #SizewellC #Suffolk #Sizewell #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Suffolk hippos and sabre-toothed cats ... Kessingland’s 600,000–700,000 year old deposits have yielded hippo, straight-tusked elephant, giant deer and sabre-toothed cat ... plus fossil plants indicating summers warmer than today. #Kessingland #Suffolk #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Once Benacre Ness, now Kessingland Ness: this vast bank of sand & shingle is migrating north at about 20–25 metres a year ... unusually, against the usual long-term direction of sediment transport along this Suffolk coast. #Kessingland #Suffolk #AerialPhotography #Coast

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No.3 Covered Slip at Chatham Dockyard was built in 1836 and roofed in 1838 to protect wooden warships under construction from weather and dry rot. A mezzanine was added in 1904 for storage. Today it houses large historic objects and displays. #ChathamDockyard #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Anmer Hall, Norfolk: the Georgian country house at the heart of the Sandringham Estate. The present hall dates largely from the 18th century; the estate joined Sandringham in 1898 and is the private country home of the Prince and Princess of Wales. #Norfolk #AnmerHall #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oundle’s unmistakable landmark: St Peter’s Church spire rises 210ft and is the tallest in Northamptonshire. Around it, Oundle’s limestone streets mingle with buildings of its 450-year-old school, unusually woven throughout the town. #Oundle #AerialPhotography #Northants #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Approaching Oundle from the north. The River Nene winds around this Northamptonshire town, which has been continuously occupied since the Iron Age. St Wilfrid died at his monastery here in AD 709 #Oundle #AerialPhotography #Northants

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wattisham went to war just 29 hours after Britain did: on 4 Sept 1939 its Blenheims attacked German warships at Wilhelmshaven. Opened that April, it later became a Cold War fighter base. Today it is the Army’s Apache hub, with AH-64Es set to team with armed drones. #RAFWattisham

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thorpeness was Britain’s first purpose-built holiday village! Conceived by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie in 1909, its Meare was dug by hand in 1910–13, inspired partly by his friend J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. The whole lake is less than 1m deep. #Thorpeness #Suffolk #Coast #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hemsby was already a sizeable community nearly 1,000 years ago. Recorded as Haimesbei in the Domesday Book of 1086, it had 50 households, two salt pans and 160 sheep. Today its holiday parks and amusements crowd behind one of Norfolk’s most vulnerable beaches. #Hemsby #Norfolk #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sizewell C’s 500m temporary Marine Bulk Import Facility is being built to unload aggregate from North Sea barges. Designed by AtkinsRéalis, construction began in 2025 & due to finish in 2027. It could import ~1.3m tonnes a year, then be dismantled. #SizewellC #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sizewell C is essentially a nuclear “copy and paste”. Its two 1.6GW EPR reactors will closely replicate Hinkley Point C, making them the 3rd and 4th UK EPRs. Reusing the design, safety case and supply chain is intended to cut risk, time and cost. #SizewellC #Suffolk #AerialPhotography #Coast

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sizewell C under construction beside Sizewell B, Suffolk, August 2026. The £38bn project will add two EPR reactors producing 3.2GW, enough for around 6 million homes. Construction began 2024 with operation targeted for the mid-2030s #Sizewell #AerialPhotography #Suffolk #EDF

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sizewell C, August 2026. Construction began in Jan 2024; the £38bn, 3.2GW nuclear station is due in the mid-2030s. UK Govt owns 44.9%, with La Caisse, Centrica, EDF & Amber. Main civils: Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke & Bouygues #Sizewell #Aerial #Suffolk

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

29 July 2026: wildfire swept from @RSPBMinsmere into Dunwich Heath. Around 370 acres (150ha) of heath/woodland were affected, including c.30ha of Minsmere heath. Firefighting continued for 23 days, ending 21 Aug. The RSPB has launched a restoration appeal. @rspbengland.bsky.social #Suffolk #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

King’s Lynn’s historic harbour on the Great Ouse. Henry Bell’s Grade I Custom House was built in 1683 as a merchants’ exchange & later served Customs & Excise. Nearby, the old Pilot Office reflects Lynn’s long maritime links & the navigation of the Wash #KingsLynn #aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Letton Hall, Norfolk. Built 1783–89 for Brampton Gurdon Dillingham. Sir John Soane’s first country-house commission. Altered in the 1880s by Norwich architect Edward Boardman. Today run by the Letton Hall Trust as a Christian conference & residential centre #LettonHall #Norfolk #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

North Norfolk coast aerial view looking west from 5,300 ft. Below are Royal West Norfolk Golf Club & Brancaster Harbour’s tidal channel. Ahead lie Brancaster, Thornham, Holme and Hunstanton, roughly 10 miles away, with The Wash beyond #Norfolk #Coast #aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cromer, summer 2024. Balfour Beatty building Phase 2 of the sea defences. 35,000 tonnes of granite from Glensanda quarry, western Scotland, arrived by barge to form rock armour. Cromer and Mundesley’s schemes had a combined £25m budget, mainly Environment Agency funded #Cromer #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Brancaster Staithe harbour, on the tidal creeks of the north Norfolk coast. Once busy with coal and grain, today it’s best known for fishing ... particularly mussels and oysters ... with working boats still sharing the quay with pleasure craft. #BrancasterStaithe #Aerial #image

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Kettering’s medieval heart. St Peter & St Paul’s is the town’s oldest building, largely rebuilt in the 15th century, its 180ft spire dominating the centre. Beyond lies Market Place - Kettering received its market charter from Henry III in 1227 #Kettering #AerialPhotography #Church

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Once one of Norwich’s major railway stations, now Barker Street Industrial Estate beside the River Wensum. Norwich City Station opened in 1882, was largely destroyed in the Baedeker raids of 1942, closed to passengers in 1959 and finally to freight in 1969. #Norwich #Aerial

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This unassuming Leicester athletics track helped change British sport. Opened in 1967, Saffron Lane had England’s first synthetic En-Tout-Cas running track — a revolutionary all-weather surface developed by a Leicestershire company founded in 1909. #Leicester #AerialPhotography

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

On the surface, this is a modern Leicester shopping street. From above, something much older appears: a fossilised medieval pattern of long, narrow plots, with generations of buildings and extensions filling the space behind the street frontages. History written in rooftops #Leicester #Aerial #image

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John Fielding Aerial Images @john-fielding.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My lovely daughter having her first hot air balloon flight with Ian Warrington (superb instructor & positively fun). Took off at 6am from Priory Farm Airfield in Norfolk and flew for over an hour. #HotAirBalloon #Ballooning #Aviation

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