Rachel Watson

The east of England is so endlessly flat that there’s nothing between Cambridge and Siberia but Ely Cathedral. That’s why it gets so icy cold in the winter, I was told when I moved to the region to work as a BBC news producer and first experienced the freezing Fens.

At this time of year, Ely Cathedral soars from the surrounding levels towards big skies that are bright, bold and stone-cold blue. The light and the landscape are stunning, and it can be very attractive to film-makers.