Between the cathedral and Market Square to the north extends a network of medieval streets, lined with gabled, half-timbered houses dating from the 14-17C. The street names indicate the trades which once flourished there: Fish Row, Butcher Row and Silver Street. In the centre, in a small square, stands the 15C hexagonal Poultry Cross.

This is the oldest building in the medieval town, built soon after the Norman Conquest and enlarged throughout the Middle Ages and in the 19C. A distinctive feature of the church is the elegant 18C stone spire. Inside are extremely attractive black Tournai marble fonts dating from around 1170, two 15C brass lecterns and the 1567 tomb of Sir Richard Lyster, who once occupied the Tudor House in Blue Anchor Lane.

The Wool House, a magnificently-restored, 14C stone warehouse is now the Maritime Museum, displaying models of boats and other exhibitions from the history of the great port.

The Maritime Museum illustrates numerous aspects of life and work in Bucklers Hard in the 18C with reconstructed interiors of two cottages and an inn, furnished in the style of the 1790s.