Kobe Port Tower opened in 1963, attracting around 910,000 visitors the following year. But visitor numbers plummeted to around 300,000 annually in recent years.

Each year the Royal Navy drop a barrel of port to the Tower of London to maintain the ancient tradition. The Constable of the Tower would take a portion of any cargo unloaded at Tower Wharf.

This year marks 150 years since the construction of Milner's Tower in Port Erin, built to celebrate the "godfather of Port Erin" William Milner. After moving to the island in 1860, the world ...